Vocab #2

4. a region in western Asia which is now Iraq, Kuwait, etc.
6. an amount of something left over when requirements have been made.
7. monotheistic religion of ancient Persia.
9. a system of government where priests rule in name of god
10. a line of hereditary rulers in a country.
11. the belief in more than one god.
14. a large group of people who may share a national or regional origin.
15. a region along the Nile river located in what today is Sudan and southern Egypt.
17. a system which people are ranked one above another.

1. a city with its surrounding territories forms a state.
2. an extensive group of countries or states under a supreme ruler
3. writing consisting of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt.
5. A system of government where most important decisions are made by state officials.
8. the belief in one god.
11. A ruler in Egypt.
12. Teaching, directions, law.
13. age a prehistoric age that followed the bronze age.
16. commandments ten rules given to Moses by god.