Mesopotamia Vocab

3. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge - shaped marks in soft clay
6. a belief in more than one god
7. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
11. fine particles of fertile soil
12. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
14. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
16. a person trained in a craft
17. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams

1. a record keeper
2. a pyramid - shaped structure with a temple at the top
4. the act of training for a particular job
5. land between the rivers
8. a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
9. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
10. the study of the stars, moons and planets
13. a person who copies or writes out documents;
15. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels