Mesopotamia - Art of the Fertile Crescent

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3. Belief in many gods

4. Wedged-shaped characters

9. Known as modern-day Iraq

10. Stele depicting his code of laws; an eye for an eye

11. Upright stonemarker

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1. Soundbox from Ur

2. Greatest Neo-Babylonian king

3. Known as modern-day Iran

5. Stepped mountains made from mud bricks

6. Established world's first empire after conquering Sumeria

7. Adorned with glazed reliefs to honor the goddess of love, fertility and war

8. Assyrian protective deity, combined human and animal features

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