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- 2. a region of Southwestern Asia between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers extending from the mountains of the Eastern Asia Minor to th Persian Gulf.
- 5. commandments, the ethical Commandments of God given according to biblical accounts to Moses by voice and by writing on stone tablets on Mount Shai.
- 7. age, the period of human culture characterized by the smelting of iron and its use in industry beginning somewhat before 1000 BC in Western Asia and Egypt.
- 10. a form of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders.
- 12. a family of rulers who rule over a country for a long period of time.
- 14. and amount that is more than the amount that is needed.
- 15. written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters.
- 16. a group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived.
- 18. a large group of people who are involved in running a government but who are not elected.
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- 1. a religion founded by the Persian prophet Zoroaster.
- 3. the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
- 4. belief in or worship of more than one God.
- 6. a group that controls an organization and is divided into different levels.
- 8. and autonomous State consisting of a City and surrounding territory.
- 9. a ruler of ancient Egypt.
- 11. region and ancient Kingdom in northeastern Africa along the Nile in southern Egypt and Northern Sudan.
- 13. a group of countries or regions that are controlled by one ruler or one government.
- 17. the body of wisdom and law contained in Jewish scripture and other sacred literature and oral tradition.