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