Mesopotamia

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Across
  1. 3. the very first written story (p. 20)
  2. 4. a separate city, surrounded by a wall, that had its own government (p.19)
  3. 8. a way to control seasonal floods by building waterways that bring water to their fields to water their crops (p.18)
  4. 10. a complex society that has organized government, art, religion, a writing system, and social class divisions (p.17)
  5. 11. the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (p. 18)
Down
  1. 1. a grand temple that had different levels of ramps and stairs (p. 19)
  2. 2. created the Babylonian Empire (p. 23)
  3. 4. Sumerians writing system (p. 20)
  4. 5. skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery (p. 20)
  5. 6. king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia (p. 23)
  6. 7. belief in many gods (notes at the top of p. 19)
  7. 9. boys who know how were trained to write (p. 20)
  8. 12. a group of many different lands under one ruler (p. 23)