Across
- 2. (in Judaism) is the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures (the Pentateuch)
- 7. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
- 8. an ancient Egyptian type of writing
- 11. was a period in human history that started between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C.
- 13. fertile crescent, area in the middle east
- 15. The Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God for all Jewish people to follow.
- 17. ancient Egyptian king, ruler
- 18. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
Down
- 1. an ancient Persian religion that may have originated as early as 4,000 years ago.
- 3. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
- 4. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
- 5. a civilization believing in only one god
- 6. a civilization believing in more than one god
- 9. a population that is scattered across regions that are separate from its geographic place of origin.
- 10. a succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field.
- 12. is a region along the Nile river
- 14. an amount of supply more than sufficient
- 16. a domain ruled by royalty