Across
- 1. the only people trained to read and write
- 5. of labor, specializing in different jobs
- 6. provided river flood waters in spring & isolation from invaders
- 11. Code, the first written laws, very harsh
- 14. flat farmland
- 16. provided isolation/protection from invaders
- 17. where Mesopotamia was
- 19. allowed people to specialize in jobs
- 20. controlled the government and crops
- 21. large towns that centralized business, trade, religion and government
- 23. belief in many gods
Down
- 2. more than what is needed
- 3. writing on wet clay tablets
- 4. fertile soil good for growing crops
- 7. crescent, rich farmland between two rivers
- 8. river that Mesopotamia began on
- 9. silt from this river lead to fertile soil
- 10. used to keep crop records
- 12. writing tool to imprint language
- 13. saving water to use during a dry season
- 15. a massive stepped tower built in ancient Mesopotamia
- 18. land ruled by one leader
- 22. hierarchy, social order