Mesopotamia and Babylon
Last updated 21 February 2020
Print Resources
Below is a small selection of print resources that include information about religion in Mesopotamia and Babylon. You can locate these using the shelf Call No indicated. You will also find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue using your keywords.
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Nemet-Nejat, K. (1998). Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood.
eBooks
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Loria, L. (2016). Ancient Mesopotamian religion and beliefs. Retrieved from epointplus database.
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Bertman, S. (2009). Handbook to life in ancient Mesopotamia. Retrieved from Infobase database.
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Kuiper, K. (Ed.). (2011). Mesopotamia: the world’s earliest civilization. Retrieved from epointplus database.
eResources
Use your keywords to search the following eResources.
Select the High School Level and search for Mesopotamian religion

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Alles, G.D. & Ellwood, R.S. (2006). Mesopotamian religions. In The Encyclopedia of World Religions, Revised Edition. Retrieved from World Religions database.
Bertman, S. (2002). Afterlife in ancient Mesopotamia. In Handbook to Life in Mesopotamia. Retrieved from World Religions database.
Bertman, S. (2002). Burial rites in ancient Mesopotamia. In Handbook to Life in Mesopotamia. Retrieved from World Religions database.
Bertman, S. (2002). Temple complexes in ancient Mesopotamia. In Handbook to Life in Mesopotamia. Retrieved from World Religions database.
Bertman, S. (2002). Gods and goddesses of ancient Mesopotamia. In Handbook to Life in Mesopotamia. Retrieved from World Religions database.
Bertman, S. (2002). Priests and priestesses in ancient Mesopotamia. In Handbook to Life in Mesopotamia. Retrieved from World Religions database.
Websites
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Enduring questions of human existence. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://ancient-mesopotamian.weebly.com/answering-enduring-questions-of-human-existence.html
It is impossible to find out who has written this page so do not rely on the information on this page but it will give you an idea of the types of questions this religion attempted to answer.
Gods, Goddesses, demons and monsters. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/home_set.html
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Ancient Mesopotamian gods and goddesses. (2011). Retrieved from http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/amgg/index.html
Choksi, M. (2014). Ancient Mesopotamian beliefs in the afterlife. Retrieved from http://www.ancient.eu/article/701/
Mark, J.J. (2011). The Mesopotamian pantheon. Retrieved from http://www.ancient.eu/article/221/
Mark, J.J. (2011). Mesopotamian religion. Retrieved from http://www.ancient.eu/Mesopotamian_Religion/
Mesopotamian religion. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.historyonthenet.com/mesopotamians/mesopotamian-religion
Miller, J.E. (n.d.). Mesopotamian kings: history, politics & religion. Retrieved from http://www.study.com
Religion in Mesopotamia. (2016). Retrieved from http://www.dl.ket.org/humanities/connections/class/ancient/mesopreligion.htm
Smitha, F.A. (2015). Babylonian myths of creation and a great flood. Retrieved from http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/religion-flood.htm
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Englund, R.K. (n.d.). Notes on Mesopotamian religion. Retrieved from http://cdli.ucla.edu/staff/englund/m104/m104_religion_notes.pdf
Webb, E. (n.d.). Mesopotamian religion. Retrieved from https://faculty.washington.edu/ewebb/Mesopotamia.html
Videos
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Fiona Passantino. (2017, September 6). Babylon story of creation [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjyhjXXNXPE
References
Mesopotamian Kings [Image]. (n.d.). Ancient Mesopotamia. Retrieved from http://www.ancienthistorylists.com/ancient-civilization/ancient-mesopotamia/

