Mesopotamia

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. A ___ in southwestern Asia (14)
  2. 7. A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River (10)
  3. 8. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates (11)
  4. 11. A shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula (11)
  5. 12. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians (8)
  6. 14. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (9)
  7. 15. French playwright (6)
  8. 16. A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes that can rotate on a shaft or axle (5)

Down

  1. 1. The largest inland sea (13)
  2. 2. A pier that provides a landing place on a river (plural) (6)
  3. 3. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq (7)
  4. 4. Timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial (7)
  5. 6. An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia (9)
  6. 9. Supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc (10)
  7. 10. A legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories (9)
  8. 13. An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part (7)