Vocab #2 crossword

5. an ancient Egyptian system of writing
8. a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
10. the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures
11. a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC.
13. a ruler in ancient Egypt.
14. a set of ten fundamental divine laws given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai
16. the dispersion of the Jewish people beyond Israel in ancient times.
17. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
18. the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.

1. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
2. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
3. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
4. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
6. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
7. a prehistoric period that followed the Bronze Age, when weapons and tools came to be made of iron.
9. an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.
12. an ancient region located in modern-day Iraq, known as the "Cradle of Civilization"
15. an ancient southern African civilization south of Egypt