Across
- 2. Tigris and Euphrates were two ____________ vital to success in Mesopatamia
- 3. a long poem that tells the story of a hero
- 6. a group of mean lands under one ruler
- 9. have cities, organized governments, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system
- 12. name of the writing style invented by the Sumerians
- 13. Sumerian king who united Mesopotamia into the first empire
- 14. members of the lowest social class in Sumeria
Down
- 1. the land between two rivers
- 4. the first major civilization in Mesopotamia
- 5. building dams and channels to control the flood waters
- 7. are important for farming, trade, and city growth
- 8. the problem with the rivers flooding
- 9. a self governing city in Sumeria
- 10. Hammurabi was the first king to write these down
- 11. the most valuable source of food in Sumer