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