Vocab 2

6. A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
8. The area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers
11. The period that came after the Bronze Age
12. God's divine instruction and teaching for the Jewish people
13. A monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC.
16. Writing consisting of hieroglyphs.
17. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
18. A set of ten fundamental divine laws given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai

1. Belief in multiple Gods
2. A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
3. Egyptians living outside the country, maintaining shared culture and language
4. A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
5. Belief in one God
7. Major political unit in which the metropolis, or single sovereign authority
9. Ancient region in northeastern Africa
10. Series of rulers from the same family or line
14. An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.
15. A ruler in ancient Egypt.