Across
- 6. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
- 10. something that stands in the way
- 11. The world's oldest known story, The Epic of ___________.
- 14. an uneven repetition of sound and words
- 15. catch or accuse
Down
- 1. hug with the arms around
- 2. a set of official rules; a system of principles or rules
- 3. The different city-states and _______ of Mesopotamia shared many cultural characteristics.
- 4. a broad geographic area
- 5. a forced payment made to a ruler (as a sign of submission)
- 7. Beginning around 1792 B.C.E the Babylonian king, ________, conquered cities controlled by the Amorties to the north and south.
- 8. The army of ______ was well trained and disciplined.
- 9. Under ____'s rule, the cultures of Akkad and Sumer mixed.
- 12. The kingdom of _____ developed in northern Mesopotamia.
- 13. chopped or cut
