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