Relier Pairs Mesopotamia VocabularyVersion en ligne Mesopotamia Vocab 19 par Rhonda Slider 1 Monarchy 2 Patriarchal 3 Empire 4 City-State 5 Cuneiform 6 Monotheism 7 Mesopotamia 8 Ziggurat 9 Satrap 10 Polytheism 11 Theocracy A stepped tower on which a temple was built for the chief god or goddess of the Sumerian city Dominated by men Belief in one God A state with political and economic control over the surrounding land A large political state under a single leader and control many territories Land between the rivers A government established by divine authority Belief in many gods Wedge-shaped writing of the Sumerians, using reed stylus and clay tablet Government by a sovereign ruler (rule by a King or Queen) Protector of the kingdom (governor of provinces)