Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. extra; more than what's needed
  2. 6. a way of supplying water to crops and fields
  3. 11. a set of 282 laws made by a strong military leader and ruler that had to do with most of everyday life
  4. 12. a city with its surrounding countryside areas
  5. 13. city areas
  6. 16. the science of building
  7. 20. the world’s first system of writing with the use of a stylus, a sharp tool used to carve symbols on clay tablets
  8. 22. the belief in more than one god
  9. 23. writer
Down
  1. 1. a pyramid-shaped temple tower
  2. 3. a king of Kish who built Akkad into a military power; known for being one of the first military leaders to have soldiers use bows and arrows
  3. 4. a combination of soil and tiny rocks, brought to the Fertile Crescent by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  4. 5. the division of society by different levels or class
  5. 7. a set of letters that can be combined to create words and sentences
  6. 8. a crescent-shaped area of land with rich farming soil, located between the Asia Minor and Persian Gulf
  7. 9. land with different people and territories under a single ruler
  8. 10. a ruler of an empire
  9. 12. man-made waterways that help bring water in the process of irrigation
  10. 14. of labor the assignment of particular jobs or tasks for each worker
  11. 15. picture symbols
  12. 17. a wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in battles
  13. 18. countryside areas
  14. 19. a person who performs religious ceremonies
  15. 21. a long poem that tells a story of heroes and legendary figures