Vocab 2

2. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of god
3. An ancient religion in northeastern Africa, extending approximately from the Nile River Valley
4. A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
7. Writing consisting of enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols
9. A line hereditary rulers of a country
11. A historical reigion of West Asia situated within the Tigris-Euphrates river system
12. A set of fundamental religious and ethical laws given by god to the ancient Israelities through Moses
14. (in Judaism) the law of god as revealed to Moses and recorder in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures
15. The doctrine or belief that there is only one god
16. An amount of something left over when requirements havebeen met
17. A ruler in ancient Egypt

1. A monotheistic pre-islamic religion of ancient Persia
5. An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority
6. The belief in or worship of more than one god
8. A prehistoric period that followed the Bronze Age, when weapons and tools came to be made of iron
10. A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than elected representatives
13. The dispersion or spread of a people from their original home