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