by loving them
to please their gods
The Sumerians built statues of themselves praying and left them at the ziggurat to please their 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
the sumerians strove to please their gods because they belived their god could bring them good or bad things upon them
The Sumerians built the ziggurats to please and respect their gods.
The Sumerians built statues of themselves praying and left them at the ziggurat to please their gods.
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.
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.
They worshiped the gods.
Sumerians believed their gods had the power to do anything they wanted because they made empire.
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.