Across
- 2. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
- 3. a group of many different lands under one ruler
- 7. a belief in more than one god
- 9. a pyramid-shaped tower with a temple at the top
- 10. an independent nation made up of a city and land around it
- 11. a Sumerian writing system that used wedge shaped marks made in soft clay
- 12. a way to supply dry land with water through ditches pipes or streams
Down
- 1. a district within a larger country or empire
- 4. small particles of fertile soil
- 5. a long poem that tells the story of a hero
- 6. a person who studies stars planets and the mon
- 8. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
- 10. a group of merchants traveling together for safety usually with a larger number of camels