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Legends of Mesopotamia: The Heroes Who Challenged the Gods

Heroes in Mesopotamia before the Flood There may be no mythical and non-mythical eras in Mesopotamian heritage. But there are characters th...

Death and Immortality of the Gods in Mesopotamian Mythology

H. Moses

Gods and Immortality in Mesopotamian Belief The gods are immortal, and man is dead, as the gods exist to live forever and control the destin...

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The Great Flood: Comparing Sumerian, Babylonian, and Biblical Myths

H. Moses

The Gods of the Flood: Divine Intervention In Genesis, the Jewish god Yahweh sends the flood, but it is the Sumerian and Akkadian pantheon o...

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Babylonian Job: Ludlul Bel Nemeqi -Tale of the Suffering Righteous One

H. Moses

The Origins of the Babylonian Job: Ludlul Bel Nemeqi This is one of the most renowned pieces of Babylonian wisdom literature, known in its ...

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Before the Flood: The Lost Cities and Gods of Ancient Mesopotamia

H. Moses

In this article, we are not concerned with recounting the story of the Sumerian flood. Instead, our focus is on the pre-flood period, its ci...

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The Sumerian King List Before the Flood: Myth or Reality?

H. Moses

The Flood in Religious Narratives and Historical Context If religious narratives have specified the time period between the creation of the ...

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Mesopotamia Before History: Secrets of the First Civilizations

H. Moses

Migration to Mesopotamia: The Birth of Civilization The migration of northern Mesopotamian civilizations to the fertile valley between the ...

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School Life in Sumerian Civilization: Lessons from the Ancient Past

H. Moses

The Invention of Cuneiform Writing and the Birth of Sumerian Schools The Sumerian schools were the direct corollary of the invention and dev...

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Sumerian Empire: Lugal-Zage-Si to the Third Dynasty of Ur

H. Moses

The Rise of Sumerian City-States and Early Conflicts The era of the Sumerian city-states was an era of civilization, construction, and poli...

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The City-States of Sumer: The Age of Sumerian Dynasties

H. Moses

Introduction If we follow the Sumerian kings after the Flood, and what archaeological excavations have shown for this phase, we can estimate...

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The First Civilization: How the Sumerians Gave Us Writing

H. Moses

The emergence of pictorial writing With the emergence of the Uruk culture or civilisation, the emergence of the Sumerians began to appear in...

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Origins of the Sumerians: Theories and History in Mesopotamia

H. Moses

No one knows who the ancient ancestors of the Sumerians were, and no one knows the exact origin of the Sumerians, although no one also know...

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Sumerian Festivals Rituals from Ancient Mesopotamia

H. Moses

Sumerian periodic rituals (festivals) had older roots that extended to the Neolithic period (New Stone Age). However, this did not prevent t...

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Sumerian Religious Practices in Mesopotamia

H. Moses

The Sumerians were a deeply religious people, showing profound reverence for the gods and a strong sense of morality. Their daily religious ...

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Marriage and Divorce in Ancient Sumerian Civilization

H. Moses

The Woman in Sumerian and Akkadian Society In Sumerian, a teenage girl before marriage was called "ki-sikil-tur," and in Akkadian,...