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This page groups sacred sites by the specific religion or culture that consecrated them. Wikipedia defines a sacred space as "a designated area, often marked by physical boundaries or symbols, that is considered holy or consecrated by a particular religion or culture." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every site belonging to one tradition together.

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The temples and ziggurats of the world's earliest cities. The temple was a household: the god lived in the sanctuary, was washed, fed and clothed daily, and owned land, herds and labour. The ziggurat was the platform of that household, not a building the public entered. 2
Peoples and Traditions Covered
Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian cities across three thousand years, with different languages, different capitals and pantheons that were repeatedly rearranged around whichever city held power. "Mesopotamian religion" is a convenience for a long sequence of related but distinct systems. 3
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Sacred Sites of Mesopotamia

This group gathers the sacred sites of ancient Mesopotamia, the temples and towering ziggurats of Sumer, Babylon and Assyria, raised to the gods of the world's earliest cities. The ziggurat, a stepped temple-tower, is among the most characteristic monuments of the ancient Near East.

The browser will find the temple-cities and sacred structures of the Mesopotamian civilisations. The entries describe each site's deity and history as a monument of a vanished religion.

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Mesopotamian Religion

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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
Nicole Brisch (ed.), Oracc / Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, University of Pennsylvania, 2011View the Source
3. Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
Stephanie Dalley, Oxford University Press, 2000View the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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