sargon
city-states
tribute
surplus
province
empire
polytheistic
An amunt of something left over
Trained to write cuneiform
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
Belife in more then one god
Division of certain countries or empires
Payment to a ruler as a sigh of submission or for protection
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.
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
metireals carried by running water
an agricultural region extending from the Levant to Iraq. an area in the Middle and Near East: formerly fertile, now partly desert.
ancient mesopotamian ruler Fine sand clay or other
