Prompt: Using our text and the following websites, discuss the religion and society of Mesopotamia. What
type of religion did they have, what gods did they have, what type of personalities did the gods have, and
how did the religion impact the development of the society and reinforce the power system? Why do you
think this very ancient civilization had the type of beliefs that it did? Of what importance were the priests
and the buildings known as ziggurats? What was offered at the ziggurats? What was the relationship of the
people to their gods? Why did they believe people were created and what could they expect after death?
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