Mesopotamia

5. Mesopotamia is located in what is now the country of _______
6. The Sumerians created an accurate 12-month calendar by studying the cycles of the _______________
7. Term that refers to the belief in many gods and goddesses
9. Huge pyramid-shaped building used as a temple
10. Mesopotamia means "land between the _______"
12. Babylonian king who made a strict code, or set of laws
14. A group of many different lands under one ruler

1. Sumerian writing system
2. The army that started taking over Mesopotamia around 900 BC
3. Civilizations can grow wen there is a _____ of food (more than enough)
4. An independent nation made up of a city and the land around it
8. Leader of Akkad who created history's first empire
11. Person who kept records and wrote out official documents
13. One reason that the Assyrians were so powerful was that their weapons were made of ____________