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