Vocab

3. Collection of hundreds of sacred hymns, tells us much of what we know about Aryan life
5. Written language developed by the Sumerians to keep track of trade
7. A dead body preserved in lifelike condition
10. Set of shared beliefs
11. Name given to the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
12. A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
14. Belief in more than one god
16. Language developed by the Indo-Aryan people
17. Crescent Rich area of land that stretches across the Middle East
18. of Heaven Any such mandate or blessing.

1. Fixed social class into which a person is born
2. Temples built by the Sumerians for their gods
4. State containing several countries or territories
6. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
8. A complex society that has cities, a well organized government, and workers with specialized jobs
9. Code One the the first written set of laws
13. A series of rulers from the same family
15. Supplying water to crops to spread farmland