Vocab 2

5. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
6. a stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and other writing systems.
8. the belief in or worship of more than one God.
11. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
15. a never ending battle between good and evil
16. the ethical commandments of God given according to biblical accounts to Moses
17. region along the Nile river
18. the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures

1. the belief in or worship of one God
2. the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.
3. historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent
4. a line of hereditary/rulers in a country
7. an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.
9. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
10. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
12. final epoch of 3 historical metal ages
13. a ruler in ancient Egypt.
14. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.