2006-10-27 13:29:16 · 2 answers · asked by IraqI RockeR 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Marduk (Sumerian "solar calf"; Biblical: Merodach) was the Babylonian name of a ... god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon, who, when Babylon ... became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of Hammurabi (18th century BC), started to ... rise to the ... head of the Babylonian pantheon, a position he fully acquired by the second half of the second millennium BC.
When Babylon became the capital of Mesopotamia, the patron deity of Babylon was elevated to the level of supreme god. In order to explain how Marduk seized power, Enûma Elish was written, which tells the story of Marduk's birth, heroic deeds and becoming the ruler of the gods. In Enûma Elish, a civil war between the gods was growing to a climactic battle. The Anunnaki gods gathered together to find one god who could defeat the gods rising against them. Marduk, a very young god, answered the call and was promised the position of head god. When he killed his enemy, he "wrested from him the Tablets of Destiny, wrongfully his" and assumed his new position. Under his reign humans were created to bear the burdens of life so the gods could be at leisure.
2006-10-28 00:32:22 · answer #1 · answered by peter_lobell 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mardukh or Marduk is one of the gods of ancient Mesopotamia.
2006-10-27 15:27:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋