Across
- 2. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
- 4. a long poem that tells the story of a hero
- 8. a way to supply dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
- 10. a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
- 11. a pyramid-shaped tower with a temple at the top
- 12. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign if a surrender
- 14. a belief in more than one god
Down
- 1. a Sumerian writing system that used wedge-shaped marks in soft clay
- 3. small particles of fertile soil
- 5. an independent nation made up of a city and the land around it
- 6. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
- 7. a group of many different lands under one ruler
- 9. a district within a larger country or empire
- 13. a person who studies stars, planets, and the moon