Matching Pairs Mesopotamia (D)Online version Voabulary words with definitions by Melissa Reis 1 Collapse 2 Surplus 3 Fertile 4 Fertile Crescent 5 City-States 6 Sargon the Great 7 Hammurabi's Code 8 Polythestic 9 Ziggurat 10 Cuneiform 11 Epic of Gilgamesh Belief in more than one god or goddess Ruler of the Akkadian Empire Independent cities with their own god, king, farm, laws and customs. The first epic poem ever written down. It was about King Gilgamesh and his heroic deeds. To fall apart or break down