Learning Contract #2

2. an ancient civilization that is part of the fertile crescent, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
4. a type of government where the god's or deities wishes are interpreted and executed as laws by the leader.
6. a group of nations or people that are ruled by an emperor or an empress. For example, the Roman empire.
9. an ancient Egyptian writing system
11. a sovereign state with a city that creates an independent state.
13. a region along the Nile River
14. the dispersion of people from their original
16. a ruler of ancient Egypt
17. an over abundance of items.

1. a type of government where big decisions are made by state officials, not elected representatives.
3. Commandments the rules/directions given by a god to Israel.
4. the law of God according to Judaism
5. a line of hereditary rulers of a country
7. believing/worshipping in more than 1 god
8. Age the final technological stage in the Stone Age
10. a system where people or items are ranked above or below one another.
12. believing/worshipping that there is only 1 god.
15. one of the worlds monotheistic religions.