The Sumerians built statues of themselves praying and left them at the ziggurat to please their gods.
They crafted their own images as statues in prayer to serve God while doing their work.
to please their gods
to honor the gods
Yes. The Sumerians were polytheists which means they had multiple Gods and Goddesses.
The Sumerians believed in 3,000 plus gods to explain everything in nature, but everything was not understood. Belief in so many gods made the Sumerians a polytheistic people. The gods controlled everything in the environment.
The sumerians view differed, because of their environment. Sumerians were surrounded by mountains and often had floods. Egyptians always had good things happen to them. Thus environment shapes religion.
to please their gods
to honor the gods
the sumerians strove to please their gods because they belived their god could bring them good or bad things upon them
ziggeroths
The Sumerians built the ziggurats to please and respect their gods.
Ziggeroths
Ziggurats
the sumerians worshiped 7 gods
In much the same way that modern Christians try to please their God, the Sumerians pleased their gods in order to bring good fortune upon themselves. They accepted the priests as their religious leaders because they were intermediaries between the people and the gods.
The Summerians believed that the gods created them and helped them irrigate their crops. The gods inspired them to build temples of raised rooms and balconies. The Summerians wrote about their gods on cunniform tablets.
Yes. The Sumerians were polytheists which means they had multiple Gods and Goddesses.
The Sumerians believed in 3,000 plus gods to explain everything in nature, but everything was not understood. Belief in so many gods made the Sumerians a polytheistic people. The gods controlled everything in the environment.