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