Across
- 4. An arrangement in which workers specialize in a particular task or job
- 6. A political unit combining rural and urban areas
- 8. A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
- 10. The world's first writing system
- 12. A legendary figure in Sumerian literature
- 13. A rectangular stepped tower used as a temple for worshipping gods
- 17. The division of society by rank or class
- 18. People who performed religious ceremonies
- 20. A city
- 22. More of something than is needed
Down
- 1. A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks left behind by rivers
- 2. The worship and belief in many gods
- 3. The science of building
- 5. A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland that extends from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
- 7. A person who writes things down
- 9. Long poems that tell the stories of heroes
- 11. An organized society within a specific area
- 14. Picture symbols
- 15. human-made waterways
- 16. King of Akkad who built the largest empire by leading wars and conquering land
- 19. A way of supplying water to an area of land
- 21. The countryside
