Across
- 3. nickname for the area of Mesopotamia created when the rivers overflowed their banks, creating this
- 4. First people to live in this region around 3000 B.C.
- 7. Created a number system based on ___ which we still use
- 9. a code used as a basis for modern laws, created by the ruler of the Babylonians
- 10. Mesopotamians used this to help clear and cultivate large pieces of land
- 13. using the stars to predict the future
- 15. Mesopotamia was located between the ___ and Euphrates River
Down
- 1. religious buildings the Sumerians built for their gods
- 2. this king had his people build the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- 5. "land between two rivers
- 6. used in farming to get water to the crops
- 8. Mesopotamians developed these to help keep track of seasons
- 11. word describing the cultural and technological things left to us from the past
- 12. belief in many gods
- 14. This is the name of the king who had a story written about his searching for eternal life