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