CIVILIZATION
BABYLONIAN
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the earth, heavin, seas, mountains and rivers.
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the earth, heaven, seas, mountains and birds
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the earth, heavan, seas, mountains and rivers.
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the earth, heaven, seas, mountains and rivers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Political events influenced the makeup of the pantheon. With the fall of Sumerian hegemony at the end of the third millennium, Babylonian culture and political control spread throughout southern Mesopotamia. At the end of the third millennium B.C., Sumerian texts list approximately 3, 600 deities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Who were the main Babylonian gods? There were nine main Babylonian deities. These were Ishtar (also known as Inanna), Nabu, Apshu, Shamash, Ea, Tiamat, Nergal, Marduk, and Adad.
Detailed explanation-3: -Babylonians were polytheistic and worshiped a large pantheon of gods and goddesses. Some of the gods were state deities, like Marduk, the chief patron god of Babylon, who dwelled in a towering temple. Others were personal gods that families worshiped at humble home shrines.
Detailed explanation-4: -Enlil. Enki. Inanna. Nabu. Nanna-Suen. Ninhursag. Utu.