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  2. Idolatry - Wikipedia

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    The earliest historic records confirming idols are from the ancient Egyptian civilization, thereafter related to the Greek civilization. [36] By the 2nd millennium BC two broad forms of cult image appear, in one images are zoomorphic (god in the image of animal or animal-human fusion) and in another anthropomorphic (god in the image of man). [32]

  3. Religion of the Indus Valley Civilisation - Wikipedia

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    Female figurine. Mature Harappan period, 2700–2000 BCE. Indus civilization. National Museum, New Delhi. Indus Civilization pottery figure of horned deity. [1]The religion and belief system of the Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) people have received considerable attention, with many writers concerned with identifying precursors to the religious practices and deities of much later Indian ...

  4. List of people who have been considered deities - Wikipedia

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    Famously attempted to impose ancient Greek religion on the Jews by persecution, leading to the Maccabean Revolt; remembered as a major persecutor in Jewish tradition. [48] Antiochus I: c. 86 BCE –38 BCE King of Commagene who instituted a cult for himself and several syncretistic Graeco-Persian deities at Mount Nemrud and elsewhere. [62] Jesus ...

  5. 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

  6. List of Mesopotamian deities - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Mesopotamians believed that their deities lived in Heaven, [9] but that a god's statue was a physical embodiment of the god himself. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] As such, cult statues were given constant care and attention [ 11 ] [ 9 ] and a set of priests were assigned to tend to them. [ 12 ]

  7. 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.

  8. Ancient Greek religion - Wikipedia

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    Religious practices in ancient Greece encompassed a collection of beliefs, rituals, and mythology, in the form of both popular public religion and cult practices. The application of the modern concept of "religion" to ancient cultures has been questioned as anachronistic. [1] The ancient Greeks did not have a word for 'religion' in the modern ...

  9. Lists of deities - Wikipedia

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    This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere