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