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Across 1. A city that is the center of government 3. Akkadian king who created his empire through powerful military strategies. 4. A pipe or channel that brings water from distant places. 6. This area is found north of Babylonia. 7. The study of stars and planets. 9. A Babylonian god 13. A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender. 14. A group that came from northern Mesopotamia led by King Sargon. 15. A large territory where several groups of people are ruled by one powerful leader or government. 16. The city of Babylon was located on this river. 17. Capital of Hammurabi's empire. 19. Neo-Babylonian ruler who drove the Egyptians out of Syria.

Down 1. A system of writing developed by the Sumerians 2. This empire followed the cruel Assyrian Empire. 5. carved stones 7. A warlike people who ruled after Hammurabi. 8. Money and goods, collected from conquered people. 10. Capital city of the Akkadian empire, located in northern Mesopotamia. 11. King of the Babylonian Empire, he is best remembered for his code of laws. 12. A sculpture in which the image projects out from a flat surface. 18. Another word for "new".