World History - Vocab #2

7. A region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile.
9. A group of nations or people ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign/government
10. Ten rules given to Moses by god that dictate how humans should live and interact with one another
14. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
15. "The land between two rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates); One of the places where early civilization was developed
16. Government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
17. A line of hereditary rulers (power that gets passed down from generation to generation)of a country

1. The belief in more than one god
2. The belief that there is one god
3. A ranking of position of authority, often associated with a chain of command and control
4. A prehistoric period that followed the Bronze Age, when weapons and tools came to be made of iron.
5. A political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over over contiguous territory and serving as a center and leader of political, economic, and cultural life
6. The dispersion or spread of people from their original homeland
8. Egyptian hieroglyphs were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language.
11. Iranian religion that focuses on the battle between good and evil
12. King of Ancient Egypt
13. The amount of an assent of resource that exceeds the portion that's actively utilized
16. The holy book of the Torah