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