Tradition collection 247 records
Mesopotamia and the Levant
Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite-adjacent and Canaanite gods, and the texts that carry them.
Gods
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BaalCanaanite storm deity -
MardukNational god of the Babylonians -
AnuSumerian deity, Sky Father, King of the Gods -
InannaSumerian goddess -
EnlilAncient Mesopotamian god -
IshtarEast Semitic Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex -
SinMesopotamian lunar god -
EnkiGod in Sumerian mythology; god of ritual wisdom -
AstarteMiddle Eastern goddess, worshipped from the Bronze Age through classical antiquity -
TiamatAncient Mesopotamian primordial goddess of the seawater and the symbol of the chaos of primordial creation -
NergalUnderworld deity worshipped throughout Mesopotamia -
ShamashMesopotamian sun god
Sites and places
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Archaeological siteBabylon
Capital city of Babylonia and an archaeological site in modern-day Iraq -
Archaeological sitePetra
Ancient rock-cut historical city in Jordan -
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Canaan
Levantine civilization in the Ancient Near East during the late 2nd millennium BC -
Archaeological siteUr
Ancient Mesopotamian city-state -
Archaeological siteUruk
Ancient city of Sumer and Babylonia -
Archaeological siteNippur
Ancient city in modern day Iraq -
Archaeological siteUgarit
Ancient port city in northern Syria -
Archaeological siteHatra
Ancient city in northern Iraq -
Archaeological siteNimrud
Ancient Assyrian city
Figures
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JobBiblical figure -
AthaliahQueen of Judah -
RuthProtagonist of the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible -
BelshazzarBiblical king of Babylonia in the Book of Daniel -
JezebelBiblical Phoenician princess -
ManassehKing of Judah (Second Book of Chronicles) -
BalaamBiblical prophet -
DelilahWoman described in the Book of Judges -
JethroBiblical character, father-in-law of Moses -
Witch of EndorBiblical character (First Book of Samuel) -
AhabKing of Israel, the son and successor of Omri, and the husband of Jezebel (1 Kings 16) -
OmriSixth King of Israel
Traditions and schools
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Babylonian religion
Religious practices of Babylonia -
Sumerian religion
First religion of Mesopotamia region which is tangible by writing -
Ancient Mesopotamian religion
Religion -
Canaanite religion
Ancient Semitic polytheistic religion -
Ancient Semitic religion
Polytheistic religions of the Semitic peoples -
Nabataean religion
Religion of the Nabateans -
Assyrian religion
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Ugaritic religion
Ancient Semitic polytheistic religion
Stories and texts
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