Across
- 6. A self governing city and the land that surrounds it
- 7. An ancient city in Mesopotamia and the capital of the vast empire that covered the Fertile Crescent
- 9. The belief in one (1) god
- 10. A system of writing developed by Sumerians that used wedge shaped symbols
- 12. The 10 laws that god gave to Moses on Mt. Sinai
- 14. The mountain in Egypt's Sinai peninsula and the place, according to the bible, is where Moses received the 10 commandments
- 15. The belief in many gods or goddesses
- 18. A long period of dry weather
- 19. Religion founded by the Hebrews
- 20. The ancient civilization in southern Mesopotamia and one of the 1st civilizations in the world.
- 21. Trade of one (1) thing for another without the use of money
Down
- 1. A large temple built by Sumerians to honor gods and goddesses
- 2. A fertile region in the Mid-East;important place for early civilization
- 3. A Hebrew who was raised as a son of an Egyptian pharaoh, and eventually led the Hebrews out of slavery from Egypt
- 4. A widespread lack of food
- 5. The world's 1st system of laws recorded by King Hammurabi around 1780 B.C.
- 8. Great Hebrew leader who lead his people from Sumer to the land of Candan
- 11. One of the Ancient Wonders of the World, thought to be made by the Babylonians
- 13. "The land between two (2) rivers";the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Mid-East
- 16. Babylonian ruler who recorded the 1st system of laws
- 17. An extra supply of something