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  2. Letter from Iddin-Sin to Zinu - Wikipedia

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    The letter is often used as an example of documents that provide glimpses into everyday life in ancient Mesopotamia. [3] [5] [14] [15] The Assyriologist Jørgen Læssøe referred to it as "extremely human". [15]

  3. Sumerian religion - Wikipedia

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    Sumerian religion was the religion practiced by the people of Sumer, the first literate civilization found in recorded history and based in ancient Mesopotamia, and what is modern day Iraq. The Sumerians widely regarded their divinities as responsible for all matters pertaining to the natural and social orders of their society. [3]: 3–4

  4. Jean Bottéro - Wikipedia

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    The Oldest Cuisine in the World: Cooking in Mesopotamia, Jean Bottéro, translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan. U of Chicago Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0226067353. Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia, Jean Bottéro, André Finet, Bertrand Lafont, Georges Roux, translated by Antonia Nevill. JHU Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0801868641.

  5. Ancient Mesopotamian religion - Wikipedia

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    The god Marduk and his dragon Mušḫuššu. Mesopotamian religion encompasses the religious beliefs (concerning the gods, creation and the cosmos, the origin of man, and so forth) and practices of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia between circa 6000 BC [1] and 400 AD.

  6. Gala (priests) - Wikipedia

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    Sumerian proverbs: Glimpses of everyday life in ancient Mesopotamia. Hartmann, Henrike. 1960. Die Musik der Sumerischen Kultur. Henshaw, Richard A. 1994. Male and female, the cultic personnel: The Bible and the rest of the ancient Near East. Princeton Theological Monograph Series 31. Kramer, Samuel N. 1981.

  7. Enlil - Wikipedia

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    Enlil marries his mother, Ki, and from this union all the plant and animal life on earth is produced. [53] Enlil and Ninlil (ETCSL 1.2.1) is a nearly complete 152-line Sumerian poem describing the affair between Enlil and the goddess Ninlil. [54] [55] First, Ninlil's mother Nunbarshegunu instructs Ninlil to go bathe in the river. [56]

  8. Art of Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    Through Sir Woolley's discoveries we were able to understand more aspects of Ur than ever before, gaining more knowledge of daily life, architecture, art, government, and religion. This newly found understanding of Mesopotamia culture is found through Sir Woolley’s documentation of his excavations, writing ten volumes of Ur Excavations in ...

  9. Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    The regional toponym Mesopotamia (/ ˌ m ɛ s ə p ə ˈ t eɪ m i ə /, Ancient Greek: Μεσοποταμία '[land] between rivers'; Arabic: بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن Bilād ar-Rāfidayn or بَيْن ٱلنَّهْرَيْن Bayn an-Nahrayn; Persian: میان‌رودان miyân rudân; Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ Beth Nahrain "(land) between the (two) rivers") comes from the ...

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