Across
- 6. A group of people with a shared culture who live together and create advanced ways of thinking and organizing.The society, culture, and way of life in a particular region
- 7. A period of time where crops are not growing and people can’t get enough food.
- 8. Crescent The area around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, where the ground was good for farming.
- 9. Long poems that tell stories of heroes.
- 11. Massive, pyramid-like stepped structure that was built as a dedication to the gods and goddesses. A step pyramid which served as a temple and was located at the center of each city-state
- 13. A Group of territories or cultures controlled by one ruler. Territories and groups of people under a single rule.
- 14. An area of countryside, not a town or city.
Down
- 1. The belief in more than one god or spiritual being.
- 2. The world’s first writing system, made out of wedge-shaped symbols
- 3. A person or people who specialize in writing and serves as a record keeper
- 4. Methods of bringing water to fields or crops.
- 5. An independent city and the surrounding area.
- 6. A set of rules or laws.
- 10. More than is needed, extra.
- 12. An area around and including a city