Mesopotamia Review

4. rich soil, good for growing
5. wedge-shaped writing formed in wet clay
6. city-state that was the location of the first major library
8. a river on the northern border of Mesopotamia's fertile crescent
10. a system of distributing water to crops
11. the land between the rivers
13. a complex human society, usually made up of different cities,that first arose in ancient Mesopotamia
14. One of two major city-states in early Mesopotamia (the other one is Akkad).
17. a city that is an individual unit, complete with its own form of government
18. an area with common physical features
20. to defeat
21. a river on the southern border of Mesopotamia's fertile crescent
22. a professional writer
23. the ruling family of an empire

1. the worship of many gods
2. Babylonian King who first codified law on a large scale
3. the technology by which most food was produced in ancient Mesopotamia
7. a craftsperson
9. aggressive Mesopotamian city-state known for its warrior culture
12. the worship of one god
15. large territory of many places all under one ruler
16. a huge pyramid-shaped structure formed from a series of stacked rectangular platforms
19. an organized community with established rules and traditions