Across
- 3. the writing system invented by the Sumerians; means "wedge-shaped"
- 5. a Sumerian temple
- 10. a system to articfically supply dry land with water
- 13. not only the city, but the area surrounding the city (hypenated word)
- 15. the material used to make bricks
- 17. means "between two rivers"
- 20. the world's first civilizaton
Down
- 1. a forecast of a person's future, based on a diagram of the planets and stars at a given moment
- 2. people who perform religious rites
- 4. one of two rivers that forms Mesopotamia
- 6. northernmost river of MEsOpoTamia
- 7. the name given to a writer in ancient civilizations
- 8. was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; built by Nebuchadnezzer to please his wife; the Hanging ______
- 9. moist, sticky earth that can be shaped when wet but hardens when heated; was used to make tablets in Sumeria
- 11. rulers of ancient Mesopotamia were called this
- 12. Babylonian king who wrote first code of laws
- 14. a Sumerian invention that made planting easier and faster which led to a food-surplus, then also specialization
- 16. set of laws created by Hammurabi
- 18. a collection of kingdoms under one powerful ruler; Sargon created the first of these
- 19. the study of space, stars, and planets