Across
- 1. Rich, fertile soil left behind after a river floods.
- 5. A military tactic where an army surrounds a city to force it to surrender.
- 6. A struggle, disagreement, or fight between groups.
- 7. Flat land near a river that is easily flooded and often has very fertile soil.
- 9. A region that receives only a small amount of rainfall each year.
- 13. Materials found in the environment that people use to meet their needs.
- 15. A stone slab carved with writing or pictures to honor an event or person.
- 16. A long period with little or no rainfall.
- 18. A person trained to read and write, often for the government.
- 22. Extra amounts of food or materials beyond what is needed.
- 24. new tools or inventions that make life easier or stronger.
- 25. The second major river of Mesopotamia, running parallel to the Tigris.
- 27. A river flowing through Mesopotamia, providing water for crops and transportation.
- 28. A raised bank built to prevent a river from flooding nearby land.
- 29. A large, stepped temple used for worship.
Down
- 2. Money or goods collected from conquered people.
- 3. A system of bringing water to crops through canals or channels.
- 4. Special skills or methods used to do something.
- 8. A self-governing city and the land around it, acting like an independent country.
- 10. A group of different lands and peoples ruled by one leader.
- 11. a rich, curved area of land in the Middle East where farming first began
- 12. The first known civilization in Mesopotamia, made up of several city-states.
- 14. The beliefs, customs, art, and ways of life of a group of people.
- 17. Land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where early civilizations began.
- 19. The main city of an empire or government.
- 20. A system of writing using wedge-shaped symbols.
- 21. to take control of another city or land by fighting and winning a war.
- 23. A person who buys and sells goods.
- 26. A group of people with cities, government, writing, and organized ways of life.