Learning Contract #2 - Sowmyasree K.

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Across
  1. 2. an ancient region in Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which is now part of Iraq
  2. 4. a form of government in which a deity is recognized as the supreme ruler
  3. 6. a group of peoples ruled over by a powerful sovereign or government
  4. 9. a pictographic written language used by the ancient Egyptians
  5. 11. a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies
  6. 13. a light knitted wool head scarf for women
  7. 14. the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity
  8. 16. the title of an ancient Egyptian king
  9. 17. an amount greater than needed
Down
  1. 1. a government consisting of many bureaus
  2. 3. commandments the precepts spoken by God to Israel which were delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai
  3. 4. the entire body of Jewish religious literature, law, and teachings
  4. 5. a sequence of rulers from the same family
  5. 7. belief in more than one god
  6. 8. age the period in the history of humankind, following the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, marked by the use of implements and weapons made of iron
  7. 10. any system of things ranked one above another
  8. 12. belief in only one, supreme god
  9. 15. an Iranian religion founded c600 bc by Zoroaster