Across
- 3. an amount of a good such as food in excess of what is needed
- 4. a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands
- 5. a type of writing made up of wedge shaped markings
- 7. the ruler of an empire
- 8. a set of written rules
- 9. a Persian govenor
- 13. a collection of many peoples and lands under the control of one ruler
- 14. magnificent structure of gardens built in Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar
- 15. a metal made of copper and tin
- 18. a sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets
- 19. an ancient region of southern mesopotamia
- 20. the flat land bordering a river
- 21. a political division of a country
- 22. a picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea
- 25. period of little or no rainfall
- 26. a belief in many gods or goddesses
- 28. a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper
- 29. the leader of a group of people
Down
- 1. an ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in a series of steplike levels
- 2. the fine soil deposited by floodwaters
- 4. an advanced form of culture
- 6. the region between the Tigris and Euphrates River
- 10. money paid to a conquering ruler for protection
- 11. a region that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
- 12. a road in Peria used for government purposes
- 14. the ruler of the Babylonian Empire from 1791 to 1750 bce
- 16. forced removal from ones homeland
- 17. acceptance of habits beliefs and practices of others
- 23. land within modern day Turkey
- 24. fair treatment of people
- 27. having little rainfall and warm temperatures