Vocab #2

1. commandments show the ten rules to Moses by god that dictate how humans should live and interact with one another
5. the belief in government by divine guidance
9. A writing system invented in Egypt around 5,000 years ago
10. Egyptian ruler, heads of state and religious leaders of their people
13. an ancient region of NE Africa, on the Nile, extending from Aswan to Khartoum
14. believing in many gods
16. a system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials.
17. 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
18. the amount of an asset or resource that exceeds the portion that's actively utilized.

2. many territories and people controlled by one government
3. the worship of a single divine being
4. River valley civilization, land between Tigris and Euphrates rivers (located in fertile crescent)
6. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above another according to statues or authority
7. a political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory and serving as a center and leader of political, economic, and cultural life
8. A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family.
11. a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC.
12. A large group of people who share a cultural and regional origin but are living away from their traditional homeland.
15. the first five books of the Hebrew bible, also called the law