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The Mesopotamian Pantheon

by Joshua J. Mark
published on 25 February 2011
The gods of the Mesopotamian region were by no means uniform in name, power, provenance or status in the hierarchy. Mesopotamian culture varied from region to region, from city-state to city-state and, because of this, Marduk should not be regarded as King of the Gods in the same way Zeus ruled in Greece. While Marduk was venerated highly in Babylon... [continue reading]
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  • 2100 BCE
    First ziggurats in Ur, Eridu, Uruk, and Nippur.
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