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