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