Mesopotamia

4. a person skilled at making things by hand
9. II most famous Chaldean king, known for his Hanging Gardens of Babylon
12. an agreement between nations to fight each other's enemies; a partnership
15. River a river that flowed slowly and changed courses, beginning in the Taurus Mountains and flowing southeast towards the Persian Gulf
18. the things, both cultural and technological, left to us from past cultures
21. an administrative district of a larger empire or country
23. a pyramid-shaped temple in Sumerian city-states
26. the supply of water to fields using human-made systems
27. a tax paid or goods and services rendered in return for protection
28. an especially fine and fertile soil

1. self-governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands and settlements
2. a group of people that settles in a new land but keeps ties to its native country
3. a governor of a province in the Persian Empire
5. a formal series of acts always performed in the same way; a religious ceremony
6. the sympathy for the beliefs and practices of others
7. Mesopotamia's first civilization
8. flat, fertile area of land; name means "land between rivers"
10. material a substance from which other things are made
11. an extreme lack of crops or food causing widespread hunger
13. the earliest form of writing, invented by the Sumerians
14. the Great king of Persia from 559 B.C. - 529 B.C.; created a vast empire stretching from Afghanistan to the Aegean Sea, including Mesopotamia.
16. the Great an ancient Mesopotamian ruler
17. a belief in many gods
19. a group of different lands and people governed by one ruler
20. River "swift river" that begins in the Taurus Mountains and flows southeast toward the Persian Gulf, creating a fertile valley
22. I ruled Persian at its height; expanded the empire from India to southeastern Europe
24. class a category of people based on wealth or status in a society
25. Babylon's most influential and powerful ruler, known for his code of laws