Religion in Mesopotamia, like many other early civilizations, was polytheistic; meaning they worshipped more than one god or goddess. Gods and goddesses in Mesopotamia were anthropomorphic implicating that they shared human characteristics. Religion between city-states was shared and they each worshipped similar gods although depending on which city-state, gods were known by different aliases. When natural disasters occurred such as flooding or storms, gods were usually the ones associated to them, Sumerians saw gods as being unpredictable and violent much like a storm or disaster. Sumerians worshipped gods like Iskur for example who was the god of storms, in order to prevent their wrath that ultimately caused loss of crops and destructive
