Vocab #2

5. A succession of people from the same family who rule over a country over a long period of time.
7. A set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship that play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christanity.
8. An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an empire or empress.
11. The monarch or ruler based in Ancient Egypt.
12. A system of governments ran by a large group of people who are non-elected officials.
13. The law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures.
16. A monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroastar in the 6th century BC.
17. A historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris and Euphrates river system.
18. The belief in or worship of more than one good.

1. A prehistoric period when weapons and tools come to be made of iron.
2. A system in which people are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
3. The formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt.
4. The dispersion of Jewish people beyond Isreal.
6. An excess of production or supply over demand.
9. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of god.
10. A region in southern Egypt and the Sudan along the Nile river.
14. The belief that there is only one god.
15. An independent city that has surrounding land which has its own government.