Vocab #2 Words

5. a region along the Nile south of Egypt
8. an extensive group of states of countries under one person’s rule.
9. One of the earliest systems of writing invented by the Sumerians – Wedge shaped marks
10. a system where people are ranked one above others according to status or authority.
11. a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. – Athens
12. A ruler of Ancient Egypt
14. a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster
15. a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. – The earliest known form of writing
19. "cradle of civilization" is a crescent shaped piece of land Sumer and Ancient Egypt with rivers around it like the Tiberius and Nile.
21. (in ancient Mesopotamia) an ancient steeped tower normally with a temple on top of it.
23. A system of writing that was used of the ancient Egyptians
24. a line of rulers that inherit the
25. More than what is needed – getting more than what is needed

1. (Greek, meaning 'between two rivers') was an ancient region located in the eastern Med. sea bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the SE by the Arabian Plateau
2. Belief or worship in more than one God
3. the process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and organization
4. A system of government where the priest rules in the name of God
6. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
7. The laws of God what are written on a tablet and were handed to Moses.
13. the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel
16. Belief that there is only one God
17. A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that was made by hand
18. A person who made copies of documents especially before printing was invented
20. the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively
22. laws or rules in a systematic code