Matching Pairs Mesopotamia VocabularyOnline version vocab by Austin Blodgett 1 tribute 2 surplus 3 empire 4 city-states 5 polytheistic 6 7 8 9 province 10 sargon 11 12 ancient mesopotamian ruler Fine sand clay or other Payment to a ruler as a sigh of submission or for protection An amunt of something left over metireals carried by running water Belife in more then one god a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. an agricultural region extending from the Levant to Iraq. an area in the Middle and Near East: formerly fertile, now partly desert. Trained to write cuneiform in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel Wedge – shaped characters. ancient mesopotamian ruler Wedge – shaped characters. Division of certain countries or empires an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.