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Sumerian Religion

Sumerian Religion. By: David Stone, Billy Joyce, Tyler Nickles , And John Butler. Basis of Sumerian Religion. The gods controlled all the forces of nature and everything that could not be explained by people. The gods also created humans to use them as servants.

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Sumerian Religion

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  1. Sumerian Religion By: David Stone, Billy Joyce, Tyler Nickles, And John Butler

  2. Basis of Sumerian Religion • The gods controlled all the forces of nature and everything that could not be explained by people. • The gods also created humans to use them as servants. • If the gods were unhappy their crops would not grow and they would live unhappy lives. • Priests only knew the will of the gods.

  3. Religious practices • The built temples which were called ziggurats (Mountain of God). • Great stairways were built to the top of the ziggurats. • They believed the House of God was on the top of the ziggurat. • They believed all forces of nature were alive.They could not control these forces, so they viewed them as gods. • There were over 3,000 Sumerian Gods.

  4. Priests • At first, Sumerian Priests were also King of the city states. • The most famous Priest King was Gilgamesh. • Priest Kings received advice from an assembly of free men. • The Priests had the power to pick one member to serve as the military leader if war broke out. • The land in Sumeria was controlled by Priests.

  5. Priest Cont. • All family members were to obey the Gods and the Priests. • Priests owned all of the schools which were only for the rich. • Priests had lost all their power by 3,000 B.C.E.

  6. Sumerian beliefs • They believed they were servants to the gods because the gods were trying to impress the goddesses. • People believed they were made from the mud of a river. • Sumerians had an elaborate burial ritual and believed in an afterlife. • They believed in an afterlife that was the “land of no return” which was dismal, gloomy place.

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