Mesopotamia vocab

2. a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
4. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
8. the act of training for a particular job
9. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
10. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
11. the study of the stars, moons, and planets
13. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
14. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks in soft clay
15. a person trained in a craft

1. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
3. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
5. a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
6. land between two rivers
7. a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
9. a belief in more than one god
12. fine particles of fertile soil