Eridu
Who were the gods of Eridu? From the texts dating from historical times we know the names of Enki, the goddesses Nammu and Damgalnunna, and the divine couples Lahmt and Lahamu and Tiamat and Apsu. The...
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Whereas on the North Mesopotamian plains settled agricultural life reaches back thousands of years earlier, in the south we have yet to locate any archaeological remains earlier than the Ubaid. At...
View ArticleAncient Mesopotamian tributary and oikos economies
The structure of ancient Mesopotamian economies is largely deduced by the answers to the following questions: Where was food prepared and served? Was it in each little household, or some sort of...
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