Vocab #2

3. land between the rivers
5. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
6. Belief of one god
8. an amount of something left over when requirements have been met
9. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
11. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
12. writing with hieroglyphs
13. moral rules from the Bible

1. an ancient & comtemporary region in Africa, primarily in now Southern Egypt and northern Sudan
2. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
4. one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions
7. Belief of many gods
10. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, often led by an empress onormperor