Across
- 2. more than what is needed or used; excess
- 6. rules of worship and forbid actions such as murder, theft, and adultery
- 8. thinking there is only one god
- 9. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
- 10. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
- 11. writing consisting of pictures
- 12. West Asian civilization that relies on the Tigris and Euphrates river
Down
- 1. is a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
- 3. belief in the fact there are multiple gods
- 4. a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC
- 5. a group of states or countries under a single supreme authority
- 6. is a group of people who are guided by divinity
- 7. Nubia is a region along the Nile river encompassing the confluence of the Blue and White Niles