What are some purposes of ziggurats in Mesopotamia, also religion and the construction.?
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Ziggurats were like modern churches...they were places of worship. They were constructed by solidly stacking layer upon layer in steps (similar to, but not the same as most pyramids). The most popular theories suggest that the Mesopotamians built these structures to get as close to their gods as possible
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Give us examples of your claims if you can particularly for the Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. The Quran is a Book without a match in human history as its accuracy is down to the level of letters. After 1400 hundred years its challenge to all humans to bring a chapter similar to it is unmet and every day a new evidences of its miraculous nature is discovered.\nSee the following site for more info:\nhttp://www.islamreligion.com
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Nebuchadrezzar seems to have prided himself on his constructions more than on his victories. During the last century of Niniveh's existence, Babylon had been greatly devastated, not only at the hands of Sennacherib and Assurbanipal, but also as a result of her ever renewed rebellions. Nebuchadrezzar, continuing his father's work of reconstruction, aimed at making his capital one of the world's wonders. Old temples were restored; new edifices of incredible magnificence were erected to the many gods of the Babylonian pantheon (Diodorus of Sicily, 2.95; Herodotus, 1.183) to complete the royal palace begun by Nabopolassar, nothing was spared, neither "cedar-wood, nor bronze, gold, silver, rare and precious stones"; an underground passage and a stone bridge connected the two parts of the city separated by the Euphrates; the city itself was rendered impregnable by the construction of a triple line of walls. The bridge across the Euphrates is of particular interest, in that it was supported on asphalt covered brick piers that were streamlined to reduce the upstream resistance to flow, and the downstream turbulence that would otherwise undermine the foundations. Nor was Nebuchadrezzar's activity confined to the capital; he is credited with the restoration of the Lake of Sippar, the opening of a port on the Persian Gulf, and the building of the famous Median wall between the Tigris and the Euphrates to protect the country against incursions from the North. In fact, there is scarcely a place around Babylon where his name does not appear and where traces of his activity are not found. These gigantic undertakings required an innumerable host of workmen; from the inscription of the great temple of Marduk, we may infer that most probably captives brought from various parts of Western Asia made up a large part of the laboring force used in all his public works.
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All websites support your thesis. It's a well known fact that religion has a major impact on society and the law which governs the society.\n\nHence why we need Hindu Law, Muslim Personal Law etc etc...
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they were pagans.... they believed in many gods and that each god resided in a certain place. among the reasons that they were so threatened by the idea of One God who is everywhere was the fact that their economy was based on ppl coming to their city to visit their gods. even though their women were treated as slaves or whores, many of the gods they prayed to were female\n\n"Before Muhammad came women were either prayed to or prayed upon." -Bilal HAL Craig\n\n***there were Christians and Jews in surrounding areas but Mecca(the city the Prophet (saw) was born in ) was a pagan society that based its livelihood on its religion
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Babylonian cuneiform.\n\n(This is a joke....couldn't resist)\n\nI agree with  ag_iitkgp's answer.
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They are Gogg and Maggog people here is the info i got from www.ummah.com\n\nFrom "The Signs Before the Day of Judgement"\nBased on ibn Katheer's "Al-Bidaayah wa'l-Nihaayah" (The Beginning and the End)\n© Taqwa \n\nThey (two tribes or peoples) will appear at the time of Jesus son of Mary, after the Dajjaal. Allah will destroy them all in one night, in response to the supplication of Jesus. \n\nAbu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (S) said, \n\n"Every day, Gog and Magog are trying to dig a way out through the barrier. When they begin to see sunlight through it, the one who is in charge of them says, 'Go back; you can carry on digging tomorrow,' and when they come back, the barrier is stronger than it was before.\n\nThis will continue until their time comes and Allah wishes to send them forth. They will dig until they begin to see sunlight, then the one who is in charge of them will say, 'Go back; you can carry on digging tomorrow, in shaa'Allah.' In this case he will make an exception by saying in shaa'Allah, thus relating the matter to the Will of Allah. \n\nThey will return on the following day, and find the hole as they left it. They will carry on digging and come out against the people. They will drink all the water, and find the hole as they left it, and the people will entrench themselves in their fortresses. \n\nGog and Magog will fire their arrows into the sky, and they will fall back to earth with something like blood on them. Gog and Magog will say, 'We have defeated the people of earth, and overcome the people of heaven.' Then Allah will send a kind of worm in the napes of their nacks, and they will be killed by it...'By Him a in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the beasts of the earth will become fat.'" [Tirmidhee, Abwaab al-Tafseer: Surat al-Kahf (Hadith 5160), 8/597-99; Ibn Maajah, Kitaab al-Fitan, (Hadith 4080), 2/1364. Ahmad, Musnad, 2/510, 511.] \n\nGog and Magog are two groups of Turks, descended from Yaafith (Japheth), the father of the Turks, one of the sons of Noah.\n\nAt the time of Abraham (AS), there was a king called Dhoo'l-Qarnayn. He performed Tawaaf around the Ka'bah with Abraham (AS) when he first built it; he believed and followed him. Dhoo'l-Qarnayn was a good man and a great king; Allah gave him great power and he ruled the east and west. He held sway over all kings and countries, and travelled far and wide in both east and west.\n\nHe travelled eastwards until he reached a pass between two mountains, through which people were coming out. They did not understand anything, because they were so isolated; they were Gog and Magog. They were spreading corruption through the earth, and harming the people, so the people sought help from Dhoo'l-Qarnayn. They asked him to build a barrier between them and Gog and Magog. He asked them to him to build it, so together they built a barrier by mixing iron, copper and tar. \n\nThus Dhoo'l-Qarnayn restrained Gog and Magog behind the barrier. They tried to penetrate the barrier, or to climb over it, but to no avail. They could not succeed because the barrier is so huge and smooth.\n\nThey began to dig, and they have been digging for centuries; they will continue to do so until the time when Allah decrees that they come out. At that time the barrier will collapse, and Gog and Magog will rush out in all directions, spreading corruption, uprooting plants, killing people. When Jesus (AS) prays against them, Allah will send a kind of work in the napes of their necks, and they will be killed by it.
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Mercury's parents were deeply involved in Zoroastrianism, and words like "Bismillah" do have a meaning in that religion....but I can't answer the last part of your question.
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http://www.crystalinks.com/mesopotamia.html\nhttp://www.mrdowling.com/603mesopotamia.html\nhttp://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/\nHope this helped.
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It seems to be a toss up between ancient Hindu scripture or some of the earliest Egyptian writings like the book of the dead.\n\nThe Hindu stuff is fascinating. It sounds like the same things that the quantum physics guys are saying. Makes you wonder how the Hindus knew this stuff 4000 years ago.\n\nLove and blessings Don
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All religions and beliefs have their creation stories, and these can provide an interesting exercise in identifying common themes.\n\nThese are simple stories designed to help simple people answer some of the world's most inponderable questions.
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It would be a place where the members would organize to do good works for the less fortunate.  That is the essential purpose of religion.
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Here are a couple of links for Sumerian Tablet information:\n\nhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/sum/sum05.htm\nhttp://groups.msn.com/ILLUMINATIUNCOVERED/serpentgods.msnw\nhttp://www.theology.edu/sumer.htm
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i hope this a help to you\nAmen\n"The Hidden One," a primordial creation-deity\nAnubis\nEgyptian god of the dead\nBast\nEgyptian cat goddess\nBes\nEgyptian dwarf god believed to guard against evil spirits and misfortune\nChons\nEgyptian moon god\nDua\nProtector of the stomach of the deceased\nGeb\nGod of the Earth\nHathor\nEgyptian cow goddess\nIsis\nEgyptian mother goddess\nKa\nEgyptian name for the vital force of life\nMaat\nEgyptian goddess of truth and justice\nMin\nEgyptian fertility god\nMut\nWife of Amen, mother of Khons\nNephthys Egyptian goddess of the dead\nNut\nEgyptian goddess of the sky and of the heavens\nOsiris\nEgyptian god of the underworld and of vegetation\nQetesh\nGoddess of love and beauty\nRe\nEgyptian sun god\nSelket\nScorpion goddess, helper of women in childbirth\nSet\nEgyptian god of chaos\nShu\nEgyptian god of the air\nSobek\nEgyptian crocodile god\nTaweret\nHippopotamus goddess and protective deity of childbirth\nThoth\nEgyptian moon god\nWepwawet\nGod of war and of the funerary cult
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Hammurabi was a ruler in Ancient Babylon.. He is known for his "Eye for an Eye" punishments. Hammurabi's Code.
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You should do some reading up on Hinduism, specifically samsara, and Shiva and Vishnu. Not exactly the same idea, but a similar concept.
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The zigzags really form a family of related kinds of ritual symbols I have found indications that usage and names differ in different parts of Japan.. The main ones have the names "O-shide", Go-hei, and "Harai gushi".\n\nhttp://www.britishorigami.info/academic/lister/shinto.htm this site has info all about them!