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M E S O P O T A M I A Religion The Mesopotamian Religion was first discovered by Akkadians ! The religion was occupied by their beliefs, and traditions and that’s how it first started ! The religious beliefs or practices were all form a single stream of tradition ! They believed that each person in a city must have their own profession such as scribes, builders, or pottery makers ! The believed in not one god, but over hundreds, and hundreds of different gods that had control over only one thing in the world ! They also believe not only gods, and goddesses but also they believe in demons and monsters ! The demons have been made or created by the gods from actual real human bodies or from animal, mostly bird bones ! These demons may be good or evil depending on what kind of god or goddess the god or goddess would be, and what kind of power the God or goddess has. The monsters are just different mixtures of different types of animals, and different types of birds ! At the end though, the most important part of the Mesopotamian Religion is that they had thought that the whole entire world was lead, and controlled by different gods who had each one power !

Customs And Beliefs

The Mesopotamians believed that the world was a flat disk that is surrounded by a huge hollow space or area and above the world lies heaven ! They had also believed that the sea or oceans were all around the entire Earth ! Last they believed that the whole universe had been made or born from these bodies of water ! The customs the Mesopotamian people had to follow are to when a relative or a loved one would die bury them with their most prized jewelry, pottery, clothing, or just their most prized belongings ! They also had to draw animals on the walls of their caves if they had cave,which was a symbol of their belief of the magic of animism !

Ceremonies, rituals , and holidays <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Corsiva; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Mesopotamian people had a huge number of rituals that they all had to follow. They also had to attend most if not all holiday celebrations, and ceremonies ! They had to take portions, spells and charms really seriously because it helped drive their lives ! By ritual, and prayer they thought that they would be able to “control“ the power that the gods or goddesses have. The ceremonies that they had were only to be conducted by priests, and the common man usually had very little to do to set up the ceremonies ! At the holidays they would often have a feast, and they have water, vegetables, meats, bread, cakes, and different kinds of grains ! They danced, and celebrated as a community or a region ! They had these holidays, and feast every month, which they determined by the moon phases, and also the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Corsiva; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">agriculture phases !