Across
- 3. people who specialized in writing and record keeping
- 6. payment made in return for protection
- 7. Pictures or drawings that represent a word or idea
- 9. fair treatment of all the people, based on the law
- 10. flat land bordering the banks of a river
- 11. advanced form of culture that developed in cities
- 13. forced removal from one’s homeland, often to lands far away
- 15. political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands
- 17. climate type marked my hot summers and limited rainfall
- 18. first known writing system, which used wedge-shaped symbols
- 19. long period of little or no rainfall when it is difficult to grow crops
Down
- 1. land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- 2. region stretching from the Persian Gulf northwest up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and west over to the Mediterranean Sea
- 4. watering land by using ditches, pipes, or streams
- 5. many different lands and people brought under the control of one ruler
- 8. fine, fertile soil carried by rivers and deposited on nearby lands
- 12. temple built atop a series of increasingly smaller platforms
- 14. belief in many gods and goddesses
- 15. written rules for people to obey
- 16. amount produced in excess of what is needed