Across
- 4. The "Land between two rivers"
- 7. pyramid shaped temples
- 8. a large civilization and its surrounding countryside
- 9. powerful leader of the Akkadians
- 12. magnificent city state on the Euphrates river
- 13. Civilization of merchants that constructed a vast number of trade routes and colonies throughout the Mediterranean
- 15. Main source of water in Mesopotamian civilizations
- 17. Nickname for the Middle East, joining of the land routes of Africa, Asia and Europe.
- 18. group of territories or cultures controlled by one ruler
- 19. An area of land that stretches in a large arc from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
- 20. Chaldean leader that rebuilt Babylon and constructed the Hanging Gardens
Down
- 1. Basic principle of Hammurabi's Code that meant harsh punishments that equaled the severity of the crime committed
- 2. early mesopotamian civilization
- 3. first written law code in history
- 5. Powerful civilization in ancient Middle East
- 6. King of the Babylonian empire
- 10. Assyrian capital that valued the preservation of knowledge; home of the first library
- 11. wedge shaped writing system of the Sumerians
- 14. sacred book of the Persian Empire
- 16. first empire in recorded history