The Fertile Crescent

4. to force someone to live in another country
7. a religious leader who told the Israelites what God wanted them to know
9. city and city with its own traditions and its own government and laws; both a city and a separate independent state
11. a traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explains peoples beliefs
13. the belief in one god
15. a group of traders traveling together
16. a time when there is so little food and people starve

1. an organized list of laws of rule
2. a professional writer
3. a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language
5. a binding agreement
6. a form of writing that uses wedges and line; used to write several language of the Fertile Crescent
8. the belief in many gods
10. the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs
12. many territories and people who are controlled by one government
14. a market selling different kinds of goods