Across
- 3. empire-An empire formed by sarogon that united many mesopotamia cities
- 4. writing system developed by the Sumerians using wedge-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
- 5. river the other major river that helped mesopotamian farming thrive
- 10. hierarchy the division of society by rankings of class
- 11. one of the fist civilizations in mesopotamia
- 12. a pyramid-shaped temple in Sumer
- 17. more food than needed
- 19. codegovernment-created laws or rules that the people had to follow to keep order
- 20. a long poem that tells the story of a hero
- 22. the worship of many gods
- 23. independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
- 26. a way of supplying water to an area of land
Down
- 1. a building used for worship
- 2. code a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily lif
- 4. a wheeled horse drawn-cart used in battle
- 6. with different territories and peoples under a single rule
- 7. independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
- 8. a male monarch (leader) of a major territorial (land) area
- 9. crescent a rich arming land where mesopotamian civilization developed
- 13. trading system in which people exchange goods without using money
- 14. a writer
- 15. a ruler of a kingdom or empire
- 16. A series of rulers from the same family
- 17. a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming
- 18. a famous city and culture center in ancient Mesopotamia
- 21. a system of bringing water to crops through canals and ditches
- 24. river one of the major rivers in mesopotamia
- 25. people who perform religious ceremonies