CIVILIZATION
BABYLONIAN
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Question
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The god Marduk
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The god Jesus
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The god Athena
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The god Zues
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Detailed explanation-1: -Marduk, in Mesopotamian religion, the chief god of the city of Babylon and the national god of Babylonia; as such, he was eventually called simply Bel, or Lord. Originally, he seems to have been a god of thunderstorms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Marduk was the patron god of Babylon, the Babylonian king of the gods, who presided over justice, compassion, healing, regeneration, magic, and fairness, although he is also sometimes referenced as a storm god and agricultural deity.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Originally Marduk (from Sumerian amar-utu-ka, “calf of the sun") was the god of the rising sun and spring vegetation and the local city god of Babylon.
Detailed explanation-5: -Marduk took over the identity of Asarluhi, the son of Ea and god of magic, and was thus integrated into the pantheon of Eridu, where both Ea and Asarluhi originated.