How Did Mesopotamia Honor Greek Gods

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In the some way, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus worshipped or honor many gods or goddesses. For example, the Harappan society recognized a mother goddesses and honor a fertily god and held a tree and animals scared because of their associations with vital forces. In same way, Re and Amon were the gods of the Egyptians. “Amon was associated with the sun, creation, fertility and reproductive forces, and Re was the son worshipped at the Heliopolis. Osiris god of the underworld was honor through a religious cult that demanded observance of high moral standards”. (Jan Vansina pg14.) The Mesopotamians built large structures called, “Ziggurats” served as house temples and altars to the principal local deity. These societies complex had available technologies.

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