Across
- 3. built by Nebuchadnezzar for the enjoyment of his wife, the queen
- 6. king who developed an overarching set of laws for all citizens to follow
- 7. part man and part god
- 10. oldest written book of laws in the world
- 12. Both the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the destruction of Jerusalem's temple are ascribed to him. Also one of the most influential rules of Mesopotamia
- 14. one of the world’s first city-states
- 15. agricultural area with a walled city in the center of the region, ruled by its own government led by a king
- 16. one of the major peoples to live in Mesopotamia during ancient times. They also invaded Mesopotamia.
Down
- 1. written language that evolved from pictographs to phonogram
- 2. religious belief in more than one god
- 4. Founded by Hammurabi in 1792 BCE. Also the capital of Mesopotamia
- 5. large temple found in the middle of a town
- 8. one of the oldest surviving and most famous stories about a demigod king
- 9. land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- 11. Most important and king of the Babylonian gods
- 13. a social order ruled by a king