Matching Pairs Mesopotamia VocabularyOnline version Mesopotamia Vocab 19 by Rhonda Slider 1 Cuneiform 2 Theocracy 3 Monarchy 4 Mesopotamia 5 Ziggurat 6 Satrap 7 Patriarchal 8 Polytheism 9 Empire 10 City-State 11 Monotheism Government by a sovereign ruler (rule by a King or Queen) A stepped tower on which a temple was built for the chief god or goddess of the Sumerian city A state with political and economic control over the surrounding land Dominated by men Land between the rivers Wedge-shaped writing of the Sumerians, using reed stylus and clay tablet Belief in one God Protector of the kingdom (governor of provinces) A government established by divine authority Belief in many gods A large political state under a single leader and control many territories