Mesopotamia Part One

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Across
  1. 7. AD
  2. 8. pyramid-shaped temple
  3. 9. BC
  4. 12. record keeper
  5. 14. BCE
  6. 15. a method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops
  7. 18. formal series of acts always performed in the same way
  8. 19. belief in many gods
Down
  1. 1. more than what is needed or used
  2. 2. independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages
  3. 3. The area located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and is known as the "Cradle of Civilization"
  4. 4. complex society with cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system
  5. 5. skilled craftsperson
  6. 6. a region in southern Mesopotamia, location of the first civilization
  7. 10. the flat land bordering the river banks
  8. 11. Sumerian system of written language
  9. 13. CE
  10. 16. a fine soil deposited by rivers
  11. 17. a period when not enough rain or snow falls