Across
- 1. long poems that that tell the stories of heroes
- 7. writer
- 9. legendary figure in Sumerian literature
- 10. a pyramid-shaped temple tower
- 11. countryside areas
- 12. a city that is surrounded by countryside
- 14. city areas
- 16. the science of building
- 18. more than you need
- 22. a large area of rich, fertile farmland
- 24. when people specialize in jobs
- 26. a ruler of a kingdom or empire
- 27. Babylon's greatest ruler
- 28. the world's first system of writing
Down
- 2. the worship of many gods
- 3. a set of letters that can be combined to form words
- 4. people who perform religious ceremonies
- 5. the most famous Chaldean king
- 6. a set of laws that deal with almost every part of life
- 8. picture symbols
- 13. a division of society by rank or class
- 15. an organized society
- 17. a wheeled, horse-drawn cart, used often in battle
- 19. a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
- 20. leader who expanded the Akkadian empire
- 21. human-made waterways
- 23. land with different territories and people under a single rule
- 25. a way of supplying water to an area of land