Across
- 1. a group of traders traveling together
- 3. the creator and king of babylon
- 4. a professional writer
- 6. a region in Southwest Asia; site of the first civilizations
- 9. groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages in the Fertile Crescent
- 11. a powerful weapon with a wooden beam mounted on wheels
- 12. many territories and peoples controlled by one government
Down
- 1. a city that is also a separate, independent state
- 2. the belief in many gods
- 5. the capital of Babylonia; a city of great wealth and luxury
- 7. an organized list of laws and rules
- 8. the king who rebuilt babylon
- 10. a traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explains people's beliefs
- 11. a market selling different kinds of goods