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Across 4. a group of traveling merchants 10. a large group of territories governed by one ruler 11. terraces in the city of Babylon watered by irrigration 13. king of Babylon who conquered the Amorites and posted his law code 14. fine particles of soil 15. these people invented the wheel and the plow 17. conquered the northern section of Israel using iron weapons 20. a city that governs itself and the surrounding land 21. a political district or region 22. another name for the region of Mesopotamia 23. Akkadian ruler who built the world's first empire 24. conquered the Assyrians and Judah

Down 1. a person who writes out or copies documents 2. means "the land between the rivers" 3. Sumerian writing 5. a person who makes a good 6. a payment made to a ruler as a sign of surrender 7. the two rivers of Mesopotamia 8. used by scribes to "sign" documents 9. Sumerian temples 12. supplying dry land with water using ditches 16. people who study heavenly bodies 18. worshipping many gods 19. the father of the nation of Israel