Across
- 5. A written system using pictures instead of words and letters
- 8. A succession of rulers
- 10. The body of wisdom and law contained in Jewish scripture and other sacred literature or oral tradition
- 11. A Persian religion founded by the prophet Zoroaster
- 13. An ancient Egyptian ruler
- 14. The 10 ethical commandments of god
- 16. The spreading of people from their homeland
- 17. A body of government officials
- 18. Belief in one god
Down
- 1. A government controlled by religion and governed by priest
- 2. Belief in multiple gods
- 3. Autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory
- 4. Classifying a group of people
- 6. A large group or area under a supreme ruler
- 7. Period where humans started to smelt and use iron
- 9. A excess of materials or resources
- 12. Region of Asia spanning the Tigris and Euphrates river, located in the fertile crescent
- 15. A region and kingdom in northeastern Africa