Mesopotamia

1. A _______ has 8 features that make it a strong _______
6. An invention of the second empire
7. The first empire to rule Mesopotamia
9. The people who lived in Mesopotamia were ____________, which means the belief in multiple gods
12. The people of Hammurabi's empire
16. One of the 2 rivers that border Mesopotamia
17. One of the reasons ziggurats were built were for _________ reasons

2. Early settlers had to ________ the land along the banks of the rivers in order for their crops to grow.
3. Located at the middle of a city-state
4. The fertile crescent was also known as ___________
5. The _______ crescent was the location of the very first civilizations
8. People thought there were multiple ____ that were ____ of multiple things
10. Writing system invented by the Sumerians
11. These things were on the outskirts of a city-state and were built to protect from invaders
13. The fertile crescent was located in the continent of ______
14. Circular item made by the Sumerians
15. The act of exchanging things, invented by the assyrians