irrigation.

agriculture.

caravans.

polytheism.

a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender.

a group of merchants traveling together for safety.

a group of nomads who travel from place to place looking for food.

an amount that is left over after a need has been met.

a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top.

a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero.

the belief in one main god or goddess.

a belief in more than one god or goddess.

Ziggurat.

Tribute.

Shrine.

Temple.

a belief in more than one god.

a type of tool used in systematic agriculture.

a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay.

a system that supplies dry land with later through ditches, pipes, or streams.

Empire.

Province.

City-state.

Epic.

a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire.

a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler.

a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.

a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender.

city-state.

ziggurat.

empire.

Province.

merchant.

artisan.

nomad.

scribe.

a type of specialization.

an extra amount of something that is left over a need has been met.

a group of merchants who travel together for safety.

a type of ruling class in Mesopotamian society.

Polytheism

Atheism

Zoroastrianism

Monotheism