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