Across
- 4. to build; usually some kind of structure, such as a house
- 7. a condition or sickness
- 8. small hills before the mountain
- 10. one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
- 15. to fight to death
- 18. a deep ditch filled with water
- 21. a resource that can be used to make something else
- 22. in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- 24. to keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs
- 25. a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
- 27. a substance that lies between or above other things
- 29. someone who conducts a city
- 30. a space where water flows
- 32. a long mountain range
- 35. if water is stopped from flowing
- 36. a bigger span of people living together
Down
- 1. people that live in Sumer
- 2. one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
- 3. not having enough food
- 5. to get better at something
- 6. someone who is on the other side
- 9. an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
- 11. a strong disagreement
- 12. to have a solution to a problem
- 13. to make it unable for something to get damaged
- 14. a means of supplying land with water
- 15. to be equilibrium
- 16. a group of people that have each others back
- 17. a group of people that live in the same place
- 19. arranged in a difficult way
- 20. the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship
- 23. an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared
- 26. large amounts of water
- 28. to go and start a fight
- 31. a stretch of land that is very plain
- 33. a valley that a river runs through
- 34. fine particles of rock