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  • ...ing the city’s chief god, [[Marduk]], and elevating the moon god, [[Sin (mythology)|Sin]], to the highest status. In fact, Nabonidus left the capital for ten ...erracotta cylinder by Nabonidus concerning repairs on the temple of [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]], [[British Museum]]]]
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  • ...pointing a royal daughter to serve as priestess of the [[moon-god]] [[Sin (mythology)|Sin]]. We are much better informed about Mesopotamian culture and economic life under the Neo-Babylonians Chaldeans than we are a
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  • ...erracotta cylinder by Nabonidus concerning repairs on the temple of [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]], [[British Museum]]]] ...ve been connected to the [[temple]] of the [[Lunar Deity|moon-god]] [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]] in [[Harran]], does not mention her family background in her inscri
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  • ...00 B.C., and is believed to have been deeply intertwined with religion and mythology. During the Akitu, statues of the gods were paraded through the city street ==Comparative Mythology==
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  • ...cal pantheon and the protector of the Assur city. In the [[Mesopotamian]] mythology. Assur was a local god to the ancient locals in the ancient city and was no ...orporated into the main city defenses. Temples to the moon god Sin ([[Sin (mythology)|Nanna]]) and the sun god [[Shamash]] were erected in the 15th century BC.
    16 KB (2,343 words) - 08:21, 30 May 2015
  • ...ize by the nearby city of [[Uruk]]. The story of the passing of the [[me (mythology)|''me'']] (gifts of civilisation) to [[Inanna]], goddess of Uruk and of lov ...uillermo (2005) "The Uruk World System: The Dynamics of Expansion of Early Mesopotamian Civilization", (Second Edition, University of Chicago Press)</ref>
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  • ...e [[Sasanian Empire]]. A number of primarily Chaldean and Christian native Mesopotamian states existed between the 1st century BCE and 3rd century CE, including [[ ...|last1=Wilkinson |first1=Tony J. |year=2000 |title=Regional approaches to Mesopotamian archaeology: the contribution of archaeological surveys |journal=Journal of
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  • ...akers under one rule. After the collapse of the Akkadian empire, the south Mesopotamian region was dominated by the [[Gutians]] for a few decades before the rise o ...then relatively small city of Babylon from the neighbouring Amorite ruled Mesopotamian city state of [[Kazallu]], of which it had initially been a territory, turn
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  • ...erracotta cylinder by Nabonidus concerning repairs on the temple of [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]], [[British Museum]]]] ...ve been connected to the [[temple]] of the [[Lunar Deity|moon-god]] [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]] in [[Harran]], does not mention her family background in her inscri
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  • ...city of [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]] by linguists, a major center of [[Semitic]] Mesopotamian civilization during the [[Akkadian Empire]] (ca. 2334–2154 BC), although ...words, together with the Akkadian grammatical structure, survive in the [[Mesopotamian]] [[Northeastern Neo-Aramaic|Neo Aramaic]] dialects spoken in and around mo
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