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