Vocab Set #2

2. the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.
4. the historical region of Nubia in Northeast Africa
6. an amount that remains when use or need is satisfied
11. an ancient region, primarily in modern-day Iraq, known as the "cradle of civilization" for its significant developments in agriculture
14. Age a prehistoric period that followed the Bronze Age, when weapons and tools came to be made of iron.
16. the belief in or worship of only one god
17. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
18. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

1. enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing.
3. a ruler in ancient Egypt.
5. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
7. a set of fundamental religious and ethical laws given by God to the ancient Israelites through Moses at Mount Sinai
8. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
9. The compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
10. an ancient Persian monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) between 1200 and 600 BCE
12. A large, multi-ethnic political territory ruled by a single powerful state or ruler.
13. a system of administration characterized by a hierarchy of authority, division of labor, formal rules, and impersonal procedures designed to implement laws and policies efficiently
15. a succession of rulers from the same family