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  2. Garden of the gods (Sumerian paradise) - Wikipedia

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    George also noted that a ritual garden was recreated in the "Grand Garden of Nippur, most probably a sacred garden in the E-kur (or Dur-an-ki) temple complex, is described in a cult-song of Enlil as a "garden of heavenly joy". [20] Temples in Mesopotamia were also known to have adorned their ziggurats with a sanctuary and sacred grove of trees ...

  3. Ziggurat - Wikipedia

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    An example of a simple ziggurat is the White Temple of Uruk, in ancient Sumer. The ziggurat itself is the base on which the White Temple is set. Its purpose is to get the temple closer to the heavens, [citation needed] and provide access from the ground to it via steps. The Mesopotamians believed that these pyramid temples connected heaven and ...

  4. Babylon - Wikipedia

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    A map of Babylon, with major areas and modern-day villages. The spelling Babylon is the Latin representation of Greek Babylṓn (Βαβυλών), derived from the native Bābilim, meaning "gate of the god(s)". [15] The cuneiform spelling was 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (KÁ.DIG̃IR.RA KI). This would correspond to the Sumerian phrase Kan dig̃irak. [16]

  5. Architecture of Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    Chronologically, Sumerian temples evolved from earlier Ubaid temples. As the temple decayed it was ritually destroyed and a new temple built on its foundations. The successor temple was larger and more articulated than its predecessor temple. The evolution of the E₂.abzu temple at Eridu is a frequently cited case-study of this process.

  6. Uruk - Wikipedia

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    The names of four temples in Uruk at this time are known, but it is impossible to match them with either a specific structure and in some cases a deity. [11] sanctuary of Inanna (Sumerian: eš-ᵈinanna) sanctuary of Inanna of the evening (Sumerian: eš-ᵈinanna-sig) temple of heaven (Sumerian: e₂-an)

  7. Esagila - Wikipedia

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    He claimed that he built the temple from the foundation to the battlements, a claim corroborated by dedicatory inscriptions found on the stones of the temple's walls on the site. [ 2 ] The Esagila complex, completed in its final form by Nebuchadnezzar II (604–562 BC) encasing earlier cores, was the center of Babylon.

  8. Nippur - Wikipedia

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    Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as 𒂗 𒆤 𒆠, EN.LÍL KI, "Enlil City;" [1] Akkadian: Nibbur) was an ancient Sumerian city. It was the special seat of the worship of the Sumerian god Enlil, the "Lord Wind", ruler of the cosmos, subject to An alone.

  9. Larsa - Wikipedia

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    Mesopotamia in the time of Hammurabi. Larsa (Sumerian: 𒌓𒀕𒆠, romanized: UD.UNUG KI, [1] read Larsam ki [2]), also referred to as Larancha/Laranchon (Gk. Λαραγχων) by Berossos and connected with the biblical Ellasar, was an important city-state of ancient Sumer, the center of the cult of the sun god Utu with his temple E-babbar.