EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
The legend of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh was half god and half human.He was bored and the gods saw him and they send to him a friend,first they had a bad impression but after they became very friends and they travel around the world.
Marduk:Top babyloniam deity, fertility god and supreme hole leader.As the boss of Babylon and custodian of the Tablets of Destiny
was definitely a force to be reckoned with. Until he was stolen by
Assyrians causing a lot of aggravation with failed harvests and war.
Apsu: God of sweet waters and the heavenly oceans of Wisdom.In the beginning this primordial deity encircled the Earth and filled it with optimistic goodness.
Gilgamesh:Famous Sumerian and Akkadian Hero who was two thirds God, or was it one third?
Nergal:A bit of a bully in bull form, with lots of bellowing, roaring and raping.
Anu: Top Sky God, Lord of Heaven and Supreme Manager of all the other Gods
Inanna:Fabulous Goddess of Words, Language, Syntax and Meaning
It's all writing, innit? Having peeked at the Tablets of Destiny , she is an expert at persuasive nam-shub bery
Kingu:Dragon-god consort of tiamat before it all went horribly wrong
Zigurats
Zigurats: were massive structures built in the ancient Mesopotaminavalley and western Iranian plateu
, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.
Ziggurats were built by the
Sumerians, Babylonians
, Elamites, Akkadians and Assyrians for local religions. Each ziggurat was part of a temple complex which included other buildings.
The Babylonian Empire
Babylonia: was an ancient Akkadian speaking Semetic nation state and cultural region based in central-southern Mesopotamia.