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Down: 1) comes from the latin word for city. People have different skills and occupations. They also have governments, religions, trades, and keep records.2) description of an event as truthfully as possible by using books and articles to gain information4) first hand account of an event. These sources include original papers and documents, speeches, letters, diaries, and photographs5) many different countries brought under the rule of one government6) a form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols that was used in Mesopotamia7) the hardened remains of plants or animals that lived many years ago.8) a grain grown in Mesopotamia, used in the making of cereals, bread, etc.11) people who moved from place to place gathering berries, roots, and nuts. When the fruits and animals are gone, they move to another place.12) the first known system of laws to be written down13) an official record keeper who copied records and wrote letters.18) history or tradition passed along by word of mouth Across: 3) a method of bringing water to crops.4) the time period for which there are no written records9) a temple made of thousands of mud bricks and raised high on a platform. It is made in the shape of a terraced pyramid.10) a skilled craftsperson, such as a potter or jeweler.14) the study of physical characteristics of people and the way they organize societies15) a city that is also an independent state, with its own traditions, government, and laws16) an ancient area of fertile soil and important rivers stretching in an arc from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates.17) people learned how to grow their own food instead of finding it in the wild.19) most of the artifacts from this time period were made from stone.20) a kind of pea grown in Mesopotamia, still used to make soup.21) objects made by people, such as statues, machines, weapons, pictures used by historians to tell the past22) people buy and sell goods by exchanging one item for another.23) the study of the human past through artifacts
 

 

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