Monotheism
Satrap
Ziggurat
Theocracy
Mesopotamia
Patriarchal
Cuneiform
Polytheism
Empire
Monarchy
City-State
A stepped tower on which a temple was built for the chief god or goddess of the Sumerian city
Land between the rivers
A large political state under a single leader and control many territories
Belief in many gods
Protector of the kingdom (governor of provinces)
A government established by divine authority
Government by a sovereign ruler (rule by a King or Queen)
Belief in one God
Dominated by men
Wedge-shaped writing of the Sumerians, using reed stylus and clay tablet
A state with political and economic control over the surrounding land