Across
- 2. a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
- 6. a belief in more than one god
- 9. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
- 13. a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
- 14. a person who studies planets and stars
Down
- 1. payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender, as sign of submission or for protection
- 3. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
- 4. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
- 5. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
- 7. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
- 8. fine particles of fertile soil
- 10. a person who copies or writes out documents
- 11. writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
- 12. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams