Mesopotamia Vocab

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Belief in many gods

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Polytheism

Front

Soil and tiny rocks carried or deposited by floodwaters

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Silt

Front

One revered as extremely good or powerful, like a god

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Deity

Front

A river flowing into a larger river

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Tributary

Front

Writing system with wedge-shaped symbols

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Cuneiform

Front

To take over

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Conquer

Front

Required payment from a ruler to a more powerful ruler

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Tributary

Front

A city and its surrounding farmland

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City-state

Front

The right to rule

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Authority

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New way of doing things

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Innovation