GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic, with followers worshipping several main gods and thousands of minor gods. The three main gods were Ea (Sumerian: Enki), the god of wisdom and magic, Anu (Sumerian: An), the sky god, and Enlil (Ellil), the god of earth, storms and agriculture and the controller of fates.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cultures of Mesopotamia are considered civilizations because their people: had writing, had settled communities in the form of villages, planted their own food, had domesticated animals, and had different orders of workers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The last stages of Mesopotamian polytheism, which developed in the second and first millenniums BC, introduced greater emphasis on personal religion and structured the gods into a monarchical hierarchy with the national god being the head of the pantheon.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Babylonians, like other Mesopotamian societies, were a polytheistic culture that worshipped several gods and goddesses. The collective pantheon of ancient Mesopotamian gods consisted of local gods who acted as patrons for individual cities as well as interregional deities who were worshipped by multiple cultures.