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