Vocab 2

2. family or line of rulers
4. region along the Nile River in Southern Egypt
5. Persia originating, one of world's oldest monotheistic religions
6. The belief of many Gods
8. Nation controlling many territories and ruled by a main single authority figure
11. The belief of a single deity or God
14. Law or teachings of Judaism
15. religious leader of the Egyptians
16. The system in which societies organize groups of people, usually based on wealth and class
18. An excess of revenues

1. Region in the Fertile Crescent in between the Tigris and Euphrates river systems
3. Ten rules God gave to Moses about human behavior and interactions with each other, according to Christian and Judaic traditions
7. Writing system invented in Egypt around 5000 years ago
9. Final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages
10. when a social group is scattered from the native territory and settles in another location
12. Body of non-elected government officials
13. Government being operated by divine rule or pretense of divine rule
17. Independent sovereign city serving for center of economic, political, and cultural life over contiguous territory