Mesopotamia Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. the sand or clay found at the bottom of rivers
  2. 3. A city in Ancient Mesopotamia
  3. 4. the first writing system, created in Mesopotamia
  4. 5. a large number of states unified under a single ruler
  5. 8. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
  6. 9. an ancient Mesopotamian temple used to worship their gods found in the middle of city-states
  7. 10. crescent area of good farmland between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where the first civilization began
  8. 11. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  9. 13. man made waterway
Down
  1. 1. A pointed tool for writing or drawing
  2. 2. a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding
  3. 3. a person in society who can read/write things down
  4. 6. to supply the land with water by using things like pipes and hoses
  5. 7. A creation of something new that has never been made before
  6. 12. the belief in or worship of more than one god.