Chapter 3 Ancient Mesopotamia Crossword

a category of people based on wealth or status in a society
a governor of a province in the Persian Empire
a substance from which other things are made
an administrative district of a larger empire or country
a self-governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands and settlements
the supply of water to fields using human -made systems
A person skilled at making things by hand
a formal series of acts always performed in the same way; a religious ceremony
a pyramid shaped temple in a Sumerian city-state
a tax paid or goods and services given in return for protection
a belief in many gods
an especially fine and fertile soil
a group of different lands and people governed by one ruler
the earliest form of writing invented by the Sumerians
an extreme lack of crops or food causing widespread hunger
an agreement between nations to fight each other's enemies; a partnership
the sympathy for the beliefs and practices of others
the things, both cultural and technological, left to us from past cultures
a group of people that settle in a new land but keeps ties to its native country