Chapter 3

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (9)
  2. 3. An extinct language of the ___ in ancient Mesopotamia (plural) (9)
  3. 9. A two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle (7)
  4. 10. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians (8)
  5. 12. An anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture (plural) (14)
  6. 13. The specified day of the month (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 2. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates (11)
  2. 4. An established ceremony prescribed by a religion (4)
  3. 5. An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia (9)
  4. 6. A person who is an authority on ___ and who studies it and writes about it (plural) (10)
  5. 7. An Asian river (6)
  6. 8. A native or inhabitant of Iran (plural) (8)
  7. 9. A ___ consisting of a sovereign ___ (9)
  8. 11. French playwright (6)