World History Vocab #2

2. A line of hereditary rulers.
4. An ancient river valley civilization along the Nile river, near Upper Egypt.
5. A monotheistic religion founded by Zoroaster that emphasizes a never-ending battle between good and evil.
6. The belief in more than one god.
8. A group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.
11. The belief that there is only one god.
14. The law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures.
15. A ruler in ancient Egypt.
16. A system or organization in which people and/or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
18. An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.

1. A river valley civilization situated between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
3. A list of religious precepts given by God to Moses in Judaism.
7. Stylized pictures of objects representing a word or phrase, as found in ancient Egyptian writing systems.
9. A prehistoric period that followed the Bronze Age, when weapons and tool were made of iron.
10. What the Jews being spread across the world after being kicked out of Canaan is called.
12. A system of government where decisions are made by non-elected officials.
13. A system of government where priests rule in the name of God or a god.
17. A city that forms an independent state.