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