Mesopotamian Civilizations

2. a person who studies planets and stars
4. The governing system of which a king or queen rules
7. King of Babylon
10. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
13. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
14. A skilled craftsperson who makes things like houses
17. a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
18. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
21. What the Hittites teach the Assyrians to make (2 WORDS - NO SPACES)
22. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
23. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory (2 WORDS - NO SPACES)
24. a belief in more than one god
25. Why the first civilizations settle on the river banks

1. "land between the rivers"
3. group that rebelled against the Assyrians
5. Capital of Assyria
6. King Nebuchadrezzar II's creation of lush greenery that hung down over the walls, plantings were on rooftops and tall terraces all kept green by a watering system (2 WORDS - NO SPACES)
8. a large territory or group of many people governed by one ruler
9. a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
11. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
12. first written code/set of laws that all were expected to obey.- An eye for an eye (2 WORDS - NO SPACES)
15. very harsh people who exploited the use of iron weapons to build their Mesopotamian empire, which lasted less than 100 years. they had a king with absolute power
16. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
19. fine particles of fertile soil
20. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay