Across
- 2. a way of supplying water to an area of land
- 4. a mixture of rich soil and rocks
- 7. area of rich or fertile farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
- 11. the division of society by rank or class
- 12. trees and flowers grew on its terraces and roofs; from the ground the gardens looked like they were hanging in the air
- 14. Mesopotamia-the birth place of all civilizations
- 15. countryside areas
Down
- 1. a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
- 3. worship of many gods
- 5. wealthy trading society that was at the Western end of Mesopotamia; developed the first alphabet
- 6. a pyramid shaped temple tower
- 8. the monotheistic religion of the Jews.
- 9. long poems that tell stories of heroes
- 10. city areas
- 11. a writer
- 13. the world’s first system of writing