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