Vocab #2

2. An ancient region south of the Epypitan civilization
5. A prehistoric period after the Brovze Age when weapons and tools came to be made out of iron
12. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of god
15. A form of writing in which pitures or symbols are used to represent objects, concepts, or sounds
16. A monotheistic pre-islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC
17. Dispersion of Jewish beyond Israel
18. The rules given te Moses by God on Mt. Sinai

1. A line of hereditary rulers of a country
3. A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than elected representatives
4. An excess of production over demand
6. An ancient regian of present day Iraq, lying between the Tigris and Euphrates river
7. The belief that there is only one god
8. The belief in or worship of more than one god
9. An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority
10. A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
11. The law of God as revealed by Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures
13. A system in which people or groups are ranked on above the other accorrding cto status or authority
14. A ruler in ancient Epypt