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- 4. a title of an ancient Egyptian king.
- 7. An ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- 9. the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Quran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- 10. a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb.
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- 1. disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings.
- 2. an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq, near the Euphrates, important before 2000 b.c.: exclusive archaeological excavations, notably of a ziggurat and of tablets with very early Sumerian script.
- 3. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches.
- 5. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- 6. An ancient city of SW Asia, on the Euphrates River, famed for its magnificence and culture: capital of Babylonia and later of the Chaldean empire.
- 8. an ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa: divided into the Nile Delta and the area from Cairo south to the Sudan.