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Mesopotamia Crossword Review
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1. / Government where the religion and the priests hold political power.
3. / Forced payments made from conquered people.
4. / Some women in Mesopotamia were allowed to have one of these.
7. / A long poem usually telling the story of a hero.
11. / The process of passing power down through the eldest son.
13. / Mesopotamian Empire founded by Hammurabi around 1800 BC. One of the oldest and greatest empires.
14. / Government run by a single ruler, such as a king.
16. / Akkadian conquerer who established the first empire in Mesopotamia around 2340 BC.
17. / Ruler of the Chaldeans that rebuilt Babylon and constructed the Hanging Gardens.
18. / Minerals or nutrients deposited by floods that create fertile soil.
20. / A system that supplies dry land with water through canals or pipes.
21. / Fertile arc of land extending from the Persian Gulf to the Nile River in a "C" shape.
24. / Modern day country where Mesopotamia was located.
27. / One of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, this huge ziggurat featured exotic plants and flowing water.
28. / Man-made rivers dug to transport water.
29. / Extra amount of something.
31. / Large "step-pyramid" built to honor the gods. The Mesopotamians believed their gods lived at the top of them.
32. / First people to build a civilization in Mesopotamia.
33. / System of writing using wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets.
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2. / Independent cities with control of the lands around them.
5. / Skilled students who learned to write cuneiform at special schools.
6. / The oldest story ever recorded.
8. / Descendants of the Babylonians who retook Mesopotamia from the Assyrians and created a glorious empire until being defeated by the Persians in 539 BC.
9. / The belief in many gods.
10. / People who study and map the stars and planets.
11. / First system of laws in Mesopotamia that brought order and justice to the Babylonian Empire. Some of these laws were very harsh.
12. / Ancient clock used by the Chaldeans that tells time using sunlight and shadows.
14. / Babylonian god of the sky and king over all of the gods. Created the world from his dead mother’s body.
15. / Political districts ruled by a governor or local official.
19. / Empire that conquered the Babylonians and reigned in Mesopotamia through military might and fear. Their prisoners were often victims of cruel torture.
22. / Mesopotamian god of salt water who was destroyed in the process of creating the universe.
23. / A group of many lands governed by one ruler.
25. / King of the Babylonian Empire who conquered other city-states, expanded his empire and wrote a famous code of laws.
26. / A climate with little or no precipitation.
30. / Walls used to keep back the floods of rivers.
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