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