Vocab 2

3. A family or line of rulers, a succession of sovereigns of a country belonging to a single family or tracing their descent to a common ancestor
5. The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are the ten rules given to Moses by God that dictate how humans should live and interact with one another
9. A city-state is an independent city — and sometimes its surrounding land — which has its own government, completely separate from nearby countries
12. One of the world's oldest monotheistic religions, having originated in ancient Persia
13. A character used in a system of pictorial writing, particularly that form used on ancient Egyptian monuments
16. The area that is now eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and most of Iraq
17. A body of non-elected government officials
18. The substance of divine revelation to Israel, the Jewish people: God's revealed teaching or guidance for humankind

1. A period in human history that started between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C., depending on the region, and followed the Stone Age and Bronze Age
2. An empire is a nation that controls many territories and is ruled by a single authority figure
4. Believing in many gods
6. Government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
7. The religious leader of the Egyptians
8. Only believing in one god
10. A large group of people who share a cultural and regional origin but are living away from their traditional homeland
11. A ranking of positions of authority, often associated with a chain of command and control
14. The amount more than what is required or necessary
15. A region along the Nile river located in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt