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Gilgamesh and the Literary Traditions of Ancient Mesopotamia – A. R. George – pdf
The History of Ancient Sumeria Including its Cities, Kings and Religions – Robert A. Guisepi
The History of Ancient Sumeria (Sumer) including its cities, kings, religions culture and contributions or civilization Topics Abraham and Shinar Calendar Clothing Cosmology Culture and Contributions Cuneiform Death and Afterlife Downloadable Cuneiform Dictionary of Words Emergent Cities Ensi – Lugal First Historical Personalities Flood Legends in History Flood Story Gods Houses Kish Language Language Two […]
Ancient Mesopotamia – A L Oppenheim – pdf*
The Mesopotamian Pantheon – Joshua J. Mark
by Joshua J. Mark 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 […]
Utu-Shamash – Joshua J. Mark
Utu (also known as Shamash, Samas, and Babbar) is the Sumerian god of the sun and divine justice. He is the son of the moon god Nanna and the fertility goddess Ningal in the Sumerian tradition but was known as Shamash (Samas) to the Akkadians who claimed Anu or Enlil as his father. In the […]
Noah’s Ark and the Flood
Points of similarity between the Babylonian and Noachian flood stories Comparing the stories The Chaldean Flood Tablets from the city of Ur in what is now Southern Iraq contain a story that describes how the Babylonian god Enlil had been bothered by the incessant noise generated by humans. He convinced the other gods to […]