Relier Pairs Mesopotamia VocabularyVersion en ligne vocab par Austin Blodgett 1 city-states 2 3 polytheistic 4 5 6 surplus 7 sargon 8 province 9 empire 10 tribute 11 12 Trained to write cuneiform a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. Payment to a ruler as a sigh of submission or for protection Belife in more then one god ancient mesopotamian ruler Fine sand clay or other An amunt of something left over metireals carried by running water 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. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress. 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.