Across
- 3. long poem that tells a story.
- 5. districts within a country or empire.
- 7. soil left after a flood.
- 11. ruler of the first empire.
- 13. channels and dams to control water for watering plants.
- 14. person who studies the stars, planets, and moon.
- 16. the first civilization.
Down
- 1. belief of many gods.
- 2. person who wrote in Cuneiform to write out documents.
- 4. a city and the land around it lake a nation.
- 6. a group of merchants that traveled together to trade.
- 8. building with a temple on top and home for the god.
- 9. Sumerian writing.
- 10. many lands ruled by 1 ruler (king).
- 12. more food than was needed.
- 15. a payment made to a ruler as a sign of surrender.