Complex Societies

3. a collection of ancient stories that help explain the world
6. belief in many gods
9. a god or goddess adopted and honored by a community
10. a system in which people or groups are ranked and given high or low social status
13. a large territory consisting of many states or countries under one ruler
14. written works of lasting value

1. an ancient Egyptian system of writing using pictures and letter sounds
2. a city that forms an independent state
4. the king or queen of ancient Egypt or Nubia
5. the system writing used in ancient Sumer
7. a person who works as a professional writer for the government or for a business
8. a waterway made by people to control water
11. to take over another group by force
12. a temple that is a massive building with rising layers