LC#2: Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. An ancient region in northeastern africa, was divided into 2 parts: the southern portion, known as Upper Nubia, Kush, and Ethiopia by various civilizations, and the northern portion, known as Lower Nubia and Wawat
  2. 5. A group of nations or people ruled over an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government, usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom; Ex: the former British Empire
  3. 7. The five books containing the law as revealed to Moses constituting the first of the 3 divisions in the Hebrew
  4. 12. A specific form of government run by several bureaus, administrators, officials, and branches normally with hierarchical control and a strict chain of command
  5. 14. The scattering of a group of people outside of their traditional homeland; especially when the Hebrews were scattered outside of Canaan.
  6. 16. An amount or quantity greater than what is needed
  7. 17. The religious belief of/in more than one god or in many gods/deities
  8. 18. A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city and, especially historically, any dependent settlements or territories.
Down
  1. 1. Commandment Ten religious and ethical directives or rules given by Yahweh to Moses according to the Hebrew Bible
  2. 2. A system (like a government) in which the people are organized into levels of based on their authority and influence
  3. 3. One of the oldest religions, an Iranian religion, containing both monotheistic and dualistic elements, though primarily monotheistic, and it may have influenced Christianity and Judaism.
  4. 6. An ancient civilization/region in west Asia containing the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was in the fertile crescent, and the people in the civilization developed cuneiform
  5. 8. The religious belief that there is only one god.
  6. 9. A form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler and God’s/Deitys’ laws are being interpreted by church authorities
  7. 10. A sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group, an example could be the Ming dynasty
  8. 11. designating or pertaining to a type of pictographic script, used by Egyptians, in which many symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
  9. 13. Age The period in history of mankind following the stone and bronze age, marked by the widespread use and production of implements, tools, and weapons made of iron.
  10. 15. The title of ancient Egyptian kings starting in the 18th dynasty but was never the title of the kings, its generic modern usage was cause by the Hebrew Bible