Mesopotamia Vocabulary

A protection tax

The "Land between the Rivers"

A group of different lands ruled by one person

Southern Mesopotamia

Earliest form of writing, "wedge shaped", created by the Sumerians

City and the surrounding farmland

King of the Babylonians, he created a set of written laws

Pyramid shaped temple tower, means "mountain top."

Mesopotamian king who conquered Sumer and created the first empire.

More than what is needed, an extra amount