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Highlight the religious life of the people in Babylonian civilization.

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Religious life in Babylonian civilization : The inhabitants of Babylonia believed in many deities. Their main god-goddess were Ann (sky), Shamus (sun), Sin (moon), Bale (earth), Nin angel (wife of moon) etc. Marduk were prominent in the new gods. Gods of fields and rivers were separate. Goddess worship was also popular. Esther was the chief goddess. Initially she was a creator, but later she was considered the goddess of love. Tamus was considered to be the god of vegetation. Marduk was the god of argiculture first but later he was considered to be the god of storm.

Priest : Babylonia had many temples and sculptures. People worshipped them and used to sacrifice various kinds of offerings. The priests were in the upper class of the society. They did not lead simple life and lived a life of pleasure and enjoyment. There were large number of female devotees in temples.

Faith and Beliefs (Prophets) : The people believed in ghosts, magic and sorcery. They were also supertitious. They also believed in predictions which the priesmo by studying planets and constellations. Babylonians had faith in birth after death. That is why they kept edibles (food) and other daily need items with dead bodies. Fire rites were performed in addition to purifying the dead.

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