Vocab 2

2. a system of administration characterized by a hierarchy of authority, division of labor, formal rules, and impersonal procedures designed to implement laws and policies efficiently
5. the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.
8. enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing.
10. Age: a prehistoric period that followed the Bronze Age, when weapons and tools came to be made of iron.
11. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
12. :A large, multi-ethnic political territory ruled by a single powerful state or ruler.
14. the belief in or worship of only one god
15. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
16. the historical region of Nubia in Northeast Africa
17. a succession of rulers from the same family

1. an amount that remains when use or need is satisfied
3. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
4. a ruler in ancient Egypt.
6. The compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
7. an ancient region, primarily in modern-day Iraq, known as the "cradle of civilization" for its significant developments in agriculture
9. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
13. an ancient Persian monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) between 1200 and 600 BCE
18. Commandments: a set of fundamental religious and ethical laws given by God to the ancient Israelites through Moses at Mount Sinai