Mesopotamia Religion

This society’s religion evolved from a polytheist religion to Christianity over the course of more than a thousand years. The first polytheist god is Ishtar, the goddess of fertility. On the site of The Temple of Aphrodite that there is a 7C BCE wooden temple to this goddess, demonstrating the site’s only connection to Mesopotamia. Demonstrated in “Inana’s Descent to the Nether World”, the Mesopotamians believe that Ishtar ascended down to the underworld and her time there represented winter. During the time of their worship to Ishtar it demonstrated their values of focusing on the current life and its worth. It also shows their desire to explain natural occurrences, such as winter, through their religion. Still holding the ideals of believing in …show more content…
In the inscription found on the wall of the theater provides evidence that Caesar, a key figure in the rise of the Roman Empire, claims to have conquered the city and will watch over the city to make sure it reaches success. By second century CE, Rome has taken control over the majority of Europe, therefore it is more than likely that this city was part of their conquest. The sculpture of Aeneas’ Flight from Troy is a further connection to the Romans. The sculpture is a depiction of Aeneas carrying his father on his back as they fled Troy after the Trojan. The image is also shown in Barocci’s painting, “Aeneas, Anchises & Ascanius Fleeing Tory” over a thousand years later and a statue showing a similar image was produced by the Eruscans in early 5C BCE. This story was one of the two popular creation stories of Rome, which was depicted in Virgil’s Aeneid. This myth had no effect or benefit on the city’s life. Rather the Romans treasured it and therefore the city may have this story as part of becoming a Roman Territory. While this city was influenced by other societies, their history followed close behind the