| BABYLON | Chief city of ancient Mesopotamia, on the Euphrates River around 55 miles south of modern- day Baghdad (7) |
| ANTIOCH | A city in the south of modern Turkey on the Orontes River (7) |
| ATOP | Return from Mesopotamia on high (4) |
| FALLUJAH | Iraqi city on the Euphrates River about 69 km west of Baghdad, in the province of Al Anbar (8) |
| HILLAH | City in central Iraq on the Euphrates River that is the capital of Babylon Province |
| UR | An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River. |
| TAURUS | Mountain range in southern Turkey that runs parallel to the Mediterranean coast. It extends along a curve from Lake Egridir in the west to the upper reaches of the Euphrates River in the east. (6) |
| WOOLLEY | Ur, an ancient city-state situated between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, is mentioned in the Book of Genesis, but it remained unidentified until the mid-19th century. In 1922, this archaeologis |
| XANTHUS | Chief city of ancient Lycia taken by the Romans whose remains lie in present-day Turkey (7) |
| LAKEASSAD | Reservoir on the Euphrates in Syria created by the construction of the Tabqa Dam |
| MESOPOTAMIA | A region of south-west Asia between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (11) |
| IRAQ | Modern-day country that occupies much of the land of ancient Mesopotamia |
| THEBES | The chief city of ancient Boeotia, destroyed by Alexander the Great (6) |
| USURER | Loan shark certain to be found in ancient city on the Euphrates (6) |
| TIGRIS | Tributary of the Euphrates River (6) |
| EDESSA | City of ancient Mesopotamia |
| SHATTALARAB | River in Iraq formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (5-2-4) |
| BABYLONIA | The southern kingdom of ancient Mesopotamia, conquered by the Persians in 539BC (9) |
| IONIA | Ancient region of western Asia Minor whose cities included Ephesus and Miletus; part of modern-day Turkey (5) |
| RAETIA | Province of the Roman Empire containing parts of modern-day Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy |
