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Mesopotamian religion — The god Marduk and his dragon Mušḫuššu, from a Babylonian cylinder seal. Mesopotamian religion refers to the religious beliefs and practices followed by the Sumerian and Akkadian (Assyrian/Babylonian) peoples living in Mesopotamia (around the… … Wikipedia
Mesopotamian religion — Introduction beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians, who inhabited ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in the millennia before the Christian era. These religious beliefs and… … Universalium
Mesopotamian mythology — is the collective name given to Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian mythologies from the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Iraq.The Sumerians practiced a polytheistic religion, with anthropomorphic gods or goddesses… … Wikipedia
Ashur — /ah shoor/ for 1; /ash euhr/ for 2, n. 1. Assur. 2. a male given name. * * * Ancient religious capital of Assyria. It is located on the Tigris River, 60 mi (97 km) south of Mosul, Iraq. The name Ashur was applied to the city, to Assyria itself,… … Universalium
Ashur — 1) (capital) Long the capital and one of the chief cities of the Assyrian Empire as well as the root word for the terms Assyria and Assyrian. Located on the west bank of the Tigris River, about 60 miles (97 km) south of the modern Iraqi… … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
religion — Almost all ancient Mesopotamians were devoutly religious, and in one form or another various aspects of religion permeated their lives. From very early times, long before the introduction of writing and the building of large temples in the… … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
art and architecture, Mesopotamian — Introduction the art and architecture of the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations. The name Mesopotamia has been used with varying connotations by ancient writers. If, for convenience, it is to be considered synonymous with the modern… … Universalium
Middle Eastern religion — Introduction any of the religious beliefs, attitudes, and practices developed in the ancient Middle East (extending geographically from Iran to Egypt and from Anatolia and the Aegean Sea to the Arabian Peninsula and temporally from about… … Universalium
Ancient Semitic religion — spans the polytheistic religions of the Semitic speaking peoples of the Ancient Near East.Its origins are intertwined with earlier (Sumerian) Mesopotamian mythology.Semitic gods refers to the gods or deities of peoples generally classified as… … Wikipedia
Assyro-Babylonian religion — The pre Christian religions of Babylonia and Assyria are the earliest attestation of Ancient Semitic religion, in particular Mesopotamian mythology. As with other ancient cultures in Mesopotamia and elsewhere, the predominant religious model in… … Wikipedia
Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… … Universalium
