Across
- 4. "the land between the rivers"
- 7. the people who created the first civilization
- 10. a belief in more than one god
- 12. a metal that is stronger than copper
- 13. the king of Uruk from the story on pages 84-85
- 15. a city that governs itself and surrounding territory
- 19. a system that supplies land with water through canals or ditches
- 20. a type of cart pulled by horses that served as transportation and was used in battle
- 21. the people who communicated with the gods
- 22. the first writing system
- 24. the number of days in a Mesopotamian calendar month
Down
- 1. a round invention that was used for both transportation and pottery
- 2. leader of the Akkadians
- 3. the number of seconds in a minute
- 5. one of the rivers in the Fertile Crescent
- 6. one of the rivers in the Fertile Crescent
- 8. the world's first author
- 9. fine particles of fertile soil
- 11. a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple on top
- 14. the people who first conquered Sumer
- 16. a person who copies or writes out documents
- 17. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
- 18. a trading system in which people traded goods and didn't use money
- 23. a modern country in the Middle East where Mesopotamia used to be