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