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3. region of southwestern Asia between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers
5. a Persian religion founded in the sixth century b.c. by the prophet Zoroaster, promulgated in the Avesta, and characterized by worship of a supreme god Ahura Mazda who requires good deeds for help in his cosmic struggle against the evil spirit Ahriman
9. worship of more than one god
10. an administrative policy making group
11. government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
12. the ethical commandments of God given according to biblical accounts to Moses by voice and by writing on stone tablets on Mount Sinai
17. a ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it

1. the amount that remains when use or need is satisfied
2. a ruler of ancient Egypt
3. the belief that there is only one god
4. written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
6. The Jews living outside of Palestine
7. the period of human culture characterized by the smelting of iron and its use in industry beginning somewhat before 1000 b.c. in western Asia and Egypt
8. succession of rulers in the same line of descent
13. region and ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan
14. an autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory
15. an extensive territory or enterprise under single domination or control
16. the body of wisdom and law contained in Jewish Scripture and other sacred literature and oral tradition