were a set of rules designed by the gods to preserve harmony and order of the universe. • Examine the myth of “Enki and Inanna” where Enki gives Inanna different duties that comprise "Me"‚ as well as the proper aspects of civilization. If “Me” was adhered to‚ civilization would prosper‚ but if they were not followed‚ civilization would collapse. Primary sources: Enki and Inanna
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Loyalty‚ and the idea of a responsibility hierarchy between self‚ group‚ and population is a factor that should be identified and followed respectively when faced with a consequential scenario. This hierarchy: Self over group and group over population‚ is the order in which one should base any decision with consequential outcomes‚ and only in a position where these consequences are minimized‚ can the individual begin to aid those parties in relation to the presented hierarchy. Respectively‚ self
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City descriptions: Uruk – Temples: Ishtar/Inanna‚ Goddesses of Love and War Capitol and largest city of Arkadia‚ located where the two major rivers meet. The palace was located in the center of the city with the temples to Ishtar and Inanna on either side of it. The temple of Ishtar was there before Gilgamesh took the throne but after he saved Inanna from the demon attack‚ Gilgamesh built a temple to honor her. Uruk was built from clay and is the main cultural city of Arkadia. They were the ones
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either save the world and humans from something that a woman initiated‚ or save the women because she herself is helpless. Inanna‚ the beloved goddess of Sumerian culture‚ does not help the belief. Throughout the hymns that were written for her and published in a collection by Diane Wolkstein‚ Inanna must turn to the men of her life for help. In the hymn The Hulupu Tree‚ Inanna runs to her brother Gilgamesh for help ridding her beloved tree from pests. “I wept! How I wept! Yet they would not leave
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York: Vintage‚ 1989. ———. The Gnostic Paul: Gnostic Exegesis of the Pauline Letters. 1975; Philadelphia: Trinity Press International‚ 1992. Patai‚ Raphael. The Hebrew Goddess. Detroit‚ MI: Wayne State University Press‚ 1990. Perera‚ Sylvia Brinton. Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women. Toronto: Inner City Books‚ 1981. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco‚ 1992. Rice‚ Julian. Before the Great Spirit: The Many Faces of Sioux Spirituality. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press‚ 1998
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frrdtrtads roam from place to place in search for pasture and moving with the season. Semi-nomads graze their small live stock near the fields of the settlements‚ often trading for goods obtained elsewhere and having all kinds of other interactions. This characteristic is still present in the Near East today. Nomads leave little archeological trace and are illiterate‚ so not much is known about them by direct means. However‚ some description does appear in written form: recorded by the Sumerians
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importance of the numerous goddesses and making the reader pay more attention to them instead of the male deities. To clearly recognize the dispute between the two‚ the reader just has to look at how each describes the goddess Inanna and her role. Starr likes to believe that Inanna was the goddess of human fertility‚ while Kramer believes that she was “the brave‚ crafty‚ ambitious‚ aggressive‚ desirable‚ loving hating ‘Queen of Heaven’ whose powers and deeds were glorified and extolled throughout Sumer’s
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reader directly and clearly the poets ‘feeling‚ perceptions and state of mind. For example‚ the poem Last night‚ as I‚ the queen‚ was shining bright from Poetry of Love and Devotion‚ it shows the love of repetition. The poem portrays Inanna‚ goddess of love. Inanna is shown as the girl wondering what she will say to her mother to explain her flirtation with her lover. The poem illustrates the boundaries between sacred and secular and at the same time the poems tell her feeling “ As I was shining
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The Neolithic period cultivated important material conditions that directly influenced the formation of large towns‚ great cities‚ and states in the later‚ Uruk period of Mesopotamia. These influences can be seen at the earlier site of Catalhoyuk. As the periods shift between Neolithic and the Uruk‚ drastic changes can be seen between early egalitarian societies in the Neolithic period‚ and the more complex and massive societies of the Uruk period. Other material conditions that shaped the complex
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COSMOLOGY AND MYTHOLOGY Apsû (Abzu) – land in southeast Africa where the first humans were created. An – god of heavens/sky Ki – goddess of the Earth Enlil – leader god of Sumerian Pantheon Nanna – son of Enlil and Ninlil; god of the moon Inanna- daughter of Nanna and Ningal; goddess of war and fertility Utu – son of Nanna and Ningal; god of the sun 50 "great gods" or Annunaki Picture: List of herders and cows in Innana’s fields. (University of Pennsylvania)
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