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World Religion [Book]

Explore the myths and traditions of the peoples of the world, our collective distant ancestors, their wisdom, and their perception of life, death, and reality. Contents Introduction To World Religion Vedic Religion & Hinduism Norse Mythology Celtic Mythology Greek Mythology […]

World History [Book]

The World History [The Book] Projeda Encyclopedia collection of knowledge on World History. Contents The following list are links to the table of contents for specific periods of World History. Ancient History [3000 BC — 500 CE] The Ancient History […]

Sundaland

Sundaland is a landmass that existed on Earth during the Last Ice Age (and probably during other glacial periods as well) while sea levels were significantly lower than they are today. During the Last Ice Age sea levels were 120m […]

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia — from the Greek “Between Rivers” — is a region within the Tigris-Euphrates river system. The Tigris River and Euphrates River run from the highlands of Mesopotamia in the north (the Anatolian Plateau) southwards across the Middle East to […]

Tiamat — Primordial Chaos

Tiamat was the personification of primordial chaos in the story of creation according to the Sumerians (and later Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians). Before the universe had settled during its formation, there was disorder, imbalance, and chaos. That was Tiamat. A […]

Abzu

The Abzu or Apsu (also called Engur in the Sumerian language) is a Mesopotamian deity, primordial being, or mythological figure that personifies fresh water. All sources of fresh water — lakes, springs, rivers, and the like — were thought to […]

Sumerian Cosmology

Sumerian Cosmology is the collection of myths, stories, tales, legends, and even mentions that tell us about how the Sumerians understood creation. The stories they told about how the universe was formed, the role of the gods, and the creation […]

Shamash

Shamash (as he is known in Akkadian, originally called Utu in Sumerian) was the ancient Sumerian god associated with the Sun. Utu was one of the most important gods of Sumerian religion — and all later Mesopotamian religion that developed […]

The Creation of Humanity in Sumerian Religion

There is no singular version of the Creation of Humanity In Sumerian Religion. We have many interesting references over almost a thousand years of Sumerian History — and many more when we consider greater Mesopotamian Religion which bloomed from the […]

Garden of the Gods (Sumerian Paradise)

The Garden of the Gods (Sumerian Paradise) — the appearance of the theme inherent in the idea of a garden of the gods that we see in later Islamic, Christian, and Jewish faiths, all of the Abrahamic Religions — appears […]