Sumerians
Religion
- Human concepts that represented terrestrial forces in their world.
- After the third millennium BCE the human concepts grew stronger from nature gods into city gods.
- Polytheistic (more than one god) religion.
An
God of Heavens.
Ki
Goddess of Earth.
Nammu
Goddess of the Primeval Sea.
Geography
- Surrounded by Euphrates, and Tigris river.
- Cities of Sumerian Kingdom Eridu, Uruk, Ur, Lagash, Nippur, and Kish.
- Occupied lower part of the area, near the Persian Gulf.