The Fertile Crescent

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Across
  1. 1. An organized list of laws and rules
  2. 7. The belief in many gods
  3. 9. A market selling different kinds of goods
  4. 10. A group of travelers journeying together
  5. 12. Region in Southwest Asia; Site of the first civilizations
  6. 15. A binding agreement
  7. 17. Traditional story, legend that explains peoples beliefs
  8. 18. King of Babylon from about 1792 to 1750
  9. 19. Professional writer
  10. 20. An israelite leader whom the Torah credits with leading the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan
Down
  1. 1. Groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the fertile crescent
  2. 2. The belief in one god
  3. 3. Scattering of people who have a common background or belief.
  4. 4. City that is also a separate, independent state
  5. 5. Set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language
  6. 6. religion that developed in ancient Persia
  7. 8. The capital of Babylonia; a city of great wealth
  8. 11. Religious teacher who is regarded as someone who speaks for God or for a god
  9. 13. Many territories and peoples controlled by one government
  10. 14. Time when there is so little food that many people starve
  11. 16. To force someone to live in another country