Across
- 1. an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster
- 3. the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Copper and Bronze Ages
- 5. the belief in or worship of more than one god
- 9. the monarchs of ancient Egypt
- 11. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
- 13. a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river
- 14. (in Judaism) the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures
- 15. an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand
- 17. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
Down
- 2. a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship that play a fundamental role in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- 4. the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland
- 6. a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles
- 7. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
- 8. the doctrine or belief that there is only one God
- 10. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
- 12. the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language
- 16. a line of hereditary rulers of a country