Early Civilization Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• civilization : a complex society with cities, government, religion, and writing
• mesopotamia : a land between the tigris and euphrates rivers
• polytheism : the belief in many gods
• cuneiform : the first system of writing developed by the sumerians
• ziggurat : a large, stepped temple built to honor the gods
• scribe : a person trained to write and keep records in early civilizations
• dynasty : a series of rulers from the same family
• empire : a group of territories or nations ruled by one leader
• irrigation : a system for bringing water to crops using canals or ditches
• hammurabi : a babylonian king known for writing a famous code of laws