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An-ta-gál = šaqû, an Assyrian word list giving synonyms and antonyms on ten tablets [5] [MSL XVII [p 12]] Assyrian Temple List, extant in copies from Nineveh and Assur [p 13] Babylonian Temple List [p 13] Birds, archaic word-list; Canonical Temple List, a theological list extant from the Library of Ashurbanipal [p 13] Cattle, archaic word-list
The effect that seeing a deity's melam has on a human is described as ni, a word for the "physical creeping of the flesh". [5] Both the Sumerian and Akkadian languages contain many words to express the sensation of ni, [4] including the word puluhtu, meaning "fear". [5]
Mesopotamia [a] is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq .
Weidner god list is the conventional name of one of the known ancient Mesopotamian lists of deities, originally compiled by ancient scribes in the late third millennium BCE, with the oldest known copy dated to the Ur III or the Isin-Larsa period. Further examples have been found in many excavated Mesopotamian cities, and come from between the ...
Mesopotamian mythology refers to the myths, religious texts, and other literature that comes from the region of ancient Mesopotamia which is a historical region of Western Asia, situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system that occupies the area of present-day Iraq.
Tigris river flows through Mosul, near the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, which is a major settlement and hosts farmland in Upper Mesopotamia. The name al-Jazira has been used since the 7th century AD by Islamic sources to refer to the northern section of Mesopotamia, [citation needed] while the Lower Mesopotamia, also known as Sawād, is the southern part of Mesopotamia.
Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia. The Civilization of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity.This history is pieced together from evidence retrieved from archaeological excavations and, after the introduction of writing in the late 4th millennium BC, an increasing amount of historical sources.
Ancient Mesopotamia was in the Ancient Near East, prior to the conquest of Alexander the Great. Subcategories This category has the following 35 subcategories, out of 35 total.