Scribes

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia (9)
  2. 7. Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible (plural) (7)
  3. 8. The act of creating written works (7)
  4. 10. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns (plural) (8)
  5. 11. French playwright (plural) (7)

Down

  1. 1. A visual representation produced on a surface (plural) (8)
  2. 2. Writing that provides information (plural) (9)
  3. 3. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (plural) (5)
  4. 4. A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law (plural) (9)
  5. 6. Anything providing permanent evidence of or information about past events (plural) (7)
  6. 9. A rule made by the government (plural) (4)