Across
- 3. a prophet of monotheistic religions who led The Exodus
- 4. Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC
- 7. a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen, or in some cases God
- 9. a series of rulers from a single family
- 10. a mutual promise or agreement between God and the Hebrew people as recorded in the Bible
- 11. the dispersal of the Jews from their homeland in Palestine
- 16. a form of culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology
- 17. a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler
- 18. a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader
- 19. a system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of government; form of government used in Persia
- 20. a system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols, invented by Sumerians in Mesopotamia around 3000 BC
- 22. a seafaring people Southwest Asia, who began to trade and establish colonies around the Mediterranean Sea
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- 1. an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
- 2. laws or rules handed down to Moses by God on Mount Sinai for the Hebrew people to follow on their journey to Canaan
- 5. the first five books of the Hebrew Bible - most sacred writings in the Jewish tradition
- 6. a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit
- 8. the belief in one god
- 12. founder of Judaism
- 13. one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions founded by the Prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago
- 14. earliest known form of writing, examples having been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC
- 15. a tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple in Mesopotamia
- 21. belief in more than one god