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Across 5. the world's first system of writing 6. long poems that tell the stories of heroes 8. a way of supplying water to an area of land 11. a set of letters that can be combined to form words 14. a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life 15. a ruler of a kingdom or empire 18. the division of society by rank or class 20. a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle 22. people who performed religious ceremonies 24. a legendary figure in Sumerian literature 26. a pyramid-shaped temple tower

Down 1. picture symbols 2. a large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland 3. the most famous Chaldean king, rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city 4. writer 7. the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job 9. city areas 10. Akkadian ruler, first to have a permanent army, sought to extend his kingdom 12. human made waterways 13. country side areas 16. the worship of many gods 17. the science of building 19. a city and all the countryside around it 21. land with different territories and peoples under a single rule. 23. more than they needed 25. a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks