Oliver Pettenger: Religion by

Evidence 1#

817303_1 — 2024-10-07 19:17:51 UTC

According to the Religion article it states “ The Sumerian perspective on religion was broad, as they believed the divine was involved in every aspect of their lives. The gods and goddesses controlled everything, even the weather! People had to please them to earn good fortune and have a good life.”

Reasoning 1#

817303_1 — 2024-10-07 19:18:42 UTC

This evidence illustrates for us that the Sumerian people believed that their daily life was controlled by the gods and if they made them happy their life was good but if they made them mad their life was miserable. This also tells us that religion was the most important prospect of their life because they believed all living things surrounded the gods and they controlled their life.

Evidence 2#

817303_1 — 2024-10-07 19:21:17 UTC

Another piece of evidence from the Relion article states “In Mesopotamia, people built big temples called ziggurats. Each ziggurat was the home on earth for a deity, with one at each city’s center honoring that city’s patron god or goddess.”

Reasoning 2#

817303_1 — 2024-10-07 19:21:55 UTC

This evidence states for us that the people depended on the gods and put everything they could for them because the people wanted to make the Gods happy. They would make Ziggurats (Big temples) which honor the gods. The people also honored many Gods. They would make many Ziggurat and that took the time plus the food and resources, so these people's daily life revolved around honoring and supporting the gods. But that was not all the Sumerian people thought gods as the holey ones or a divine bean so that also had paradises and parties for them, Plus they had rituals for them to praise them.

Evidence 3#/ deeper understanding of Evidence 1#

817303_1 — 2024-10-07 19:38:50 UTC

Everything about life in Mesopotamia revolved around the deities. If you didn't respect them, you could have bad luck and even die. But if you pleased the gods and goddesses, you could improve your luck and life in general. Religion gave people hope, a structure for how to live, and a way to understand how the world worked.

Religion

817303_1 — 2024-10-08 19:03:37 UTC

The characteristics of a civilization that had the most influence on the Mesopotamian society was their Religion.

Explain Why

817303_1 — 2024-10-08 19:04:26 UTC

Religion impacted Mesopotamia society by giving them a higher figure to look up. Another reason is the people made temples and gave food to make the gods happy.

Counter Claim

817303_1 — 2024-10-08 19:10:09 UTC

However some people might say that Religion was the least important piece of the Sumerians daily life and Government was the most important. A quote to support the statement is from the Government article, it states “ The laws were about justice, property, trade, family, health, building, and wages.” This quote illustrates for the reader that the laws the government made were super important because they kept peace for the people and they also owned people up. This might be more important than religion because it kept the peace for the city and made people be much more responsible or they will be punished. So that is the reason why some people might argue that the government was more important than Religion because of the responsibility it brought and the peace it gave.

Reasoning 3#

817303_1 — 2024-10-08 19:17:40 UTC

This evidence states for us that the Mesopotamian people on a deeper aspect believed that if they make the gods mad they could even die. But it also states that if they respected the gods and did something good for them their life could get much better in so many ways. So that quote gives us a deeper scale on what could happen to the Mesopotamian people if they make the gods happy or mad.

Picture 1#

817303_1 — 2024-10-08 19:21:03 UTC

Picture 2#

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Picture 3#

817303_1 — 2024-10-08 19:30:01 UTC

Counterclaim Picture

817303_1 — 2024-10-08 19:35:46 UTC