Across
- 1. Priests rule in the name of god or gods
- 4. A government in which important decisions are made by state officials
- 8. The belief that there is only one god
- 9. Islamic religion of Iraq
- 12. Dispersion of Jewish people beyond Israel
- 13. An amount left over when demands are met
- 14. Hereditary rulers of a country
- 15. Period following the Bronze Age
- 16. Region on the Nile
- 17. A ruler in ancient Egypt
Down
- 2. A character used in pictorial writing
- 3. Region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates river
- 5. The belief in or worship of more than one god
- 6. Establish rules of worship and forbid murder, theft, and adultery
- 7. Group of states or countries under a supreme authority
- 10. A system in which people or groups are ranked with status and authority
- 11. First of five books of the Jewish bible