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  • Submitted By: efsane
  • Date Submitted: 11/17/2008 9:01 AM
  • Category: Social Issues
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Religion in Ancient Civilizations (The Sumerians, Hittites and Egyptians) Religion is a belief in a god or gods and the activities that are connected with this belief, such as praying or worshipping in a building such as a church or temple. It also includes writing, mythology, history, cultural and ancestral traditions, as well as personal faith and religious experience. In ancient times, there were many different religions. Some of these religions are still practiced in the present day, but others are not. It is so hard even to recognize what religion is, but we define religion as a tendency to make your own behavior become different in accordance with supernatural forces. In ancient times, many people believed that there were numerous unseen spirits which have an effect on how things happened. The former beliefs accepted that there were many gods and each of these gods was responsible for different issues, such as a god of sky, a god of water, a god of love. Enki, In E-engur, a well Into which water seeped, A place the inside of which No god whatever Was laying eyes on, On his bed, sleeping, The Gods were weeping and were saying: “He made the present misery!” (Jacobson 154) Here, Enki is sleeping on his bed and he is not getting up. The gods were crying for him. They had a great suffering that is caused by Enki. After these things, Namma, Enki’smother, took the tears of the gods to her son. Enki rose from his bed by the helps of his mother’s words. It can be easily understood that there is an appeal to Enki. Other gods were worried about Enki. His mother helped him to get up from his bed because Enki was very important for them. He was the deity of crafts, water, intelligence and creation. The Sumerians believed in a life after death. For instance, the valuables of a king might require in an afterlife. They were buried with him. Sacrifices of oxen and sheep were also made for the important dead. For them, there was no hell and no paradise. The...

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