Vocab#2

4. - Ancient region and Tigris and Euphrates River flow through it.
6. - An amount of something that is more than what is needed or used.
7. - An ancient monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zarathustra
9. - A system of government in which priests rule in the name of god.
10. - Family that passes down power, influence, or control through successive generations
11. - The belief in and worship of multiple gods.
14. - Community of people who have scattered from their homeland to live in other places
15. - A historic region and ancient civilization in northeastern Africa
17. - A system of people organizing things.

1. - An independent city, sometimes surrounding lands has its own government.
2. - A group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.
3. - A system of writing that uses pictures and symbols
5. - A system of organizing a complex entity
8. - The belief that only one God exits and is to be worshiped.
11. - The king and ruler of ancient Egypt
12. - Central text of Judaism
13. age - A historical period generally following the Stone and Bronze Ages.
16. Commandments - A set of ten foundational moral and religious laws given by god to Moses and the Israelites.