Chapter 3 Civilization Develops in the Middle East 5000B.C to 6000B.C

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of ___ (7)
  2. 5. A member of a people who inhabited ancient ___ (plural) (9)
  3. 7. An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea (6)
  4. 8. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates (11)
  5. 10. A sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player (6)
  6. 12. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians (8)
  7. 13. System of faith and worship (8)

Down

  1. 1. The commercial exchange of goods and services (5)
  2. 2. A member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C (plural) (11)
  3. 4. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH (6)
  4. 6. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (9)
  5. 9. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea (4)
  6. 11. The main city of ancient Phoenicia (5)