Mesopotamia Vocab

2. payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender; payment to a ruler as a sign of submission or for protection
6. the amount that remains when use or need is satisfied.an excess of receipts over disbursements.
8. a person trained to write cuneiform
9. Fine sand and clay
10. It is the longest, best-organised, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East.
12. relating to or characterized by belief in or worship of more than one god.
13. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
14. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
16. to water crops by bringing in water from pipes, canals, sprinklers, or other man-made means, rather than relying on rainfall alone.

1. Bomerang-shaped region of the middle east
3. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
4. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress
5. Realating To Wedged Shapes.
7. relating to or characteristic of a patriarch.
9. The first ruler of the akadian empire.
10. a political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory
11. a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.
15. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels; a group of traveling merchants and animals