Across
- 5. Independent city that operates like a small country controls city and lands with own government
- 9. A society or family that is based around males
- 12. World's oldest calendar based on lunar cycle and used a 354 day year
- 16. City-state of Ur invented this it's considered the most important mechanical invention in history
- 17. Metal tool that is used to carve open the ground planting
- 18. World's oldest great work of literature the story is known to have influenced many Biblical stories
- 19. Earliest form of writing created by mankind
- 21. The belief in many gods or goddesses in religion
- 22. The " land between the rivers"
- 23. A time period where humans began using metal tools
Down
- 1. World's oldest complete code of law they listed crime and punishments
- 2. Trading of goods and services
- 3. A system where people focus on one thing and become specialists in that producing more than they can use and selling the rest
- 4. Mineral, forests, water, and fertile land can be used by people for economic gain
- 6. Muddy material left after a river floods helps create rich farmland
- 7. Called the cradle of civilization, an area of modern day Iraq, Syria, and Turkey where human civilization developed
- 8. System of organizing society into groups and ranked in order of importance to society
- 10. Babylonian king is credited with building the legendary Hanging Gardens and destroying most of Jerusalem
- 11. Person who has the ability to write in ancient times
- 13. Method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture
- 14. Is based around agriculture and cannot survive without producing much of their own food
- 15. Flat area of land that sits near a water source that floods creates good farmland
- 20. A religious temple in Mesopotamia