Vocabulary #2

2. belief/worshiping of multiple gods (that can be created and destroyed)
3. ancient Egyptian rulers that ruled their kingdom (also were religious leaders)
6. amount of leftovers when expectations have been met (often food)
7. ten rules given by God to Moses, teaching how humans should live morally
10. historical form of pictorial writing used on Egyptian buildings
11. historical era in which humans started using iron & steel as their main source to create tools
13. form of autocracy which a god/goddess is the supreme ruling authority, giving guidance to human intermediaries who do the government's daily tasks
14. independent city with their own government, completely separate from surrounding land (if any)
15. group of humans that share a culture/origin away from their homeland
16. extensive group of states/countries under single supreme authority (empress/emperor)\

1. name of a land that means "land between the rivers" in Greek (refers to Tigris & Euphrates rivers)
4. system of government which most important decisions are made by state officials and not elected representatives
5. line of blood-related hereditary rulers
7. first 5 books of the Bible (Hebrew scriptures in Judaism)
8. first monotheistic pre-islamic religion of ancient Persia that started in 6th century B.C. by Zoroaster
9. belief/worshiping of one God that is eternal
10. social system where (groups of) people are ranked in society based on status/job/authority
12. ancient land/kingdom in northeast Africa that runs alongside the Nile