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The Greek deities stand out from the crowd because most civilizations before this were monotheistic, which here means that they worshiped a single god, unlike the Greeks, who were polytheistic, with here means that they worshipped many gods. Sorry if I confused you with such a long answer, but, there you go.

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The gods represented natural forces they could not understand. The gods were no different - just different names for the same force.

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The Greek Gods were worshiped by the Greek populous, whereas the Egyptian and Mesopotamian Gods were not.

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Very little - everyone had gods which covered all aspects of life it was just that they were given different names by local peoples.

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