Across
- 3. A centralized society with developed forms of religion, ways of governing, and learning.
- 5. A person who was educated to write things for others. They wrote for kings and recorded important events.
- 7. An extra supply of something.
- 9. Sumer was made up of many city-states. Each city-state included a city and farmlands. It was ruled by its own ruler and government.
- 11. King of the city-state of Babylon.
- 13. A yellowish-brown cousin of copper with up to one-third tin.
Down
- 1. The largest building in most sumerian cities, a huge mud temple. The top floor was a shrine to the gods. It was often several stories tall .
- 2. Ancient written language in Mesopotamia.
- 4. Belief in multiple gods.
- 6. A region of SW Asia between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: site of several ancient civilizations
- 8. An ancient writing implement, consisting of a small reed with a pointed end for scratching symbols on clay tablets, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
- 10. Conquered land of many people and places, governed by one ruler.
- 12. of Law: 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life (marriage, divorce, adoption, slaves, murder, military, land, businesses, etc.)