SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Mesopotamian government was centered within each city state
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Goods in India and Egypt were brought to Mesopotamia by traders
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The Sumerian story about the Great Flood is similar to the Bible story about Noah’s Ark.
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t he city of Ur had temples dedicated to worshiping the goddess Ishtar and the god Enki.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mesopotamians were polytheistic; they worshipped several major gods and thousands of minor gods. Each Mesopotamian city, whether Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian or Assyrian, had its own patron god or goddess. Each Mesopotamian era or culture had different expressions and interpretations of the gods.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient Mesopotamia is considered the birthplace of writing and with it, recorded history. Its people also built the world’s first cities and developed the oldest known political and administrative systems, mostly centered in what is now Iraq.
Detailed explanation-3: -In their homes, they worshipped personal gods, who were conceived as divine parents and were thought to be deities who could intercede on their behalf to ensure health and protection for their families. Demons were viewed as being either good or evil.