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