VOCAB 2

5. belief in multiple gods
8. excess amount of a certain thing
9. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
10. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority,
11. a political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory and serving as a centre and leader of political, economic, and cultural life
13. government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
15. the mere thought of one god
18. a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC

1. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
2. a language based on pictures
3. the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland
4. a ruler in ancient Egypt
6. the Jewish book with teachings
7. Nubia is a region along the Nile river encompassing the confluence of the Blue and White Niles
12. a set of rules all jews should follow
14. a line of hereditary rulers of a country
16. the land between the Tigris and Euphrates river
17. where iron tools flourished