Mesopotamia

1. The name we give to a priest who also ruled a city-state pg.4 (includes a hyphen)
2. Hammurabi established a set of laws that are known as the ____ of Hammurabi pg.6
5. Mesopotamia's most important city pg.4
6. People who perform religious rites pg.4
10. A Sumerian temple pg.4
12. The Hanging _____ was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. pg.7
14. Means "between two rivers" pg.3
17. The study of space, stars, and planets pg.7
18. One of two rivers that forms Mesopotamia pg.3
20. Moist, sticky earth that can be shaped when wet but hardens when heated; it was used to make tablets in Sumeria p. 3
21. A wedge-shaped instrument made of reed and used for writing pg.3
22. Raised areas of earth designed to hold back the floodwater pg.3
23. The name given to a writer in ancient civilizations pg.3

1. A Sumerian invention that made planting easier and faster pg.3
3. One of two rivers that forms Mesopotamia pg.3
4. The writing system invented by the Sumerians; it literally means "wedge-shaped" pg.4
7. A system to artificially supply dry land with water pg.3
8. The world's first civilization pg.3
9. the material used to make bricks pg.4
11. A forecast of a person's future, based on a diagram of the planets and stars at a given moment pg.7
13. Not only the city, but the area surrounding the city pg.4 (includes a hyphen)
15. Civilization founded by a group of Semitic people who moved to Sumeria and adopted the Sumerian culture pg.4
16. A Babylonian king pg.6
19. The Gate of _____ was the most impressive gate in Babylon pg.7