Matching Pairs Mesopotamia VocabularyOnline version vocab by Austin Blodgett 1 2 polytheistic 3 surplus 4 5 tribute 6 empire 7 8 sargon 9 city-states 10 11 province 12 metireals carried by running water ancient mesopotamian ruler Fine sand clay or other an agricultural region extending from the Levant to Iraq. an area in the Middle and Near East: formerly fertile, now partly desert. Division of certain countries or empires Belife in more then one god Trained to write cuneiform a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. Payment to a ruler as a sigh of submission or for protection Wedge – shaped characters. ancient mesopotamian ruler Wedge – shaped characters. An amunt of something left over in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.