Across
- 2. Fine particles of fertile soil
- 5. A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
- 6. A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
- 8. A belief in more than one god
- 9. A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
Down
- 1. A city that govern itself and its surrounding territory
- 3. A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
- 4. A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
- 5. An amount that is left over after a need has been met
- 7. A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler