Across
- 2. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
- 3. a large territory or group of territories governed by one ruler
- 4. belief in more than one god
- 6. a group of merchants traveling together for safety
- 7. a person who copies or writes out documents
- 8. a pyramid shaped structure with a temple on top
- 11. a geographic area
- 12. to be made up of
- 14. fine particles of fertile soil usually left from flooding rivers
- 16. a person who studies planets and stars
- 17. having many parts, details, or ideas
- 18. a set of official laws
- 19. moving or lying in the same direction and the same distance apart.
Down
- 1. having to do with soldiers, weapons, or war
- 5. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
- 6. a system of wedge-shaped writing developed by the Sumerians
- 9. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
- 10. a city that governs itself and the surrounding land (two words)
- 13. an amount left over after a need has been met
- 15. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire