Shamash (In Mesopotamian religion

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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

• Shamash — [shä′mäsh] n. 〚< Akkadian shamshu, sun〛 Bab. & Assyr. Myth. the sun god, responsible for summer warmth and the success of crops, and a symbol for justice * * * Sha·mash (shäʹmäsh ) n. Mythology The sun god of Assyro Babylonian religion, worshiped …   Universalium

• Religion mésopotamienne — Pour les Anciens mésopotamiens, le monde était dirigé par des dieux, pour qui les hommes devaient travailler. Les États du pays des deux fleuves, avec leurs souverains à leur tête, devaient donc organiser la société et l économie de manière à ce… …   Wikipédia en Français

• RELIGION —    Our understanding of Mesopotamian religious practices and beliefs rests primarily on cuneiform data. At the beginning stand lexical lists compiled of hundreds of names of gods and goddesses, which date back to the Uruk period and were… …   Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia

• Syrian and Palestinian religion — ▪ ancient religion Introduction       beliefs of Syria and Palestine between 3000 and 300 BC. These religions are usually defined by the languages of those who practiced them: e.g., Amorite, Hurrian, Ugaritic, Phoenician, Aramaic, and Moabite.… …   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

• 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

• Babylone (royaume) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Babylone (homonymie). Le mušhuššu, dragon serpent, symbole du dieu Marduk de Babylone. Détail de la …   Wikipédia en Français

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