Across
- 3. to train a wild animal to be useful to humans
- 4. an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and shrine at the top
- 6. writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
- 9. an expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind
- 12. the business of buying and selling or exchanging items
- 13. the later part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age), lasting from about 8000 to 3000 B.C.E.
- 14. the belief in more than one god
- 16. fine particles of fertile soil/rock
- 17. before written history
- 19. an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
- 20. wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior
Down
- 1. an early ancestor of humans
- 2. to move from one geographic region to another
- 5. a means of supplying land with water typically using channels
- 7. an arc-shaped region with rich soil located in Southwest Asia
- 8. one who moves from place to place with no permanent home (often looking for food)
- 10. a belief in one god
- 11. an object made or used by people in the past
- 15. the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
- 18. a set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people