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The Babylonians - Coggle Diagram

- - - - represented holding a triangular spade or hoe, interpreted as an emblem of fertility and vegetation
      - All nature, including humanity, owed its existence to Marduk
      - The god of 50 names, each one that of a deity or of a divine attribute.
      - star: Jupiter
      - his sacred animals were horses, dogs, and the dragon with a forked tongue
      - chief god
    - - patron of the art of writing
      - god of vegetation
      - symbols were the clay tablet and the stylus
      - Son of Marduk
      - Had his own holy city (Borsippa)
  - - - Ethics
        
        in the form of
        
        Dialogues
        
        Dialectic
        
        Epic poetry
        
        Folklore
        
        Hymns
        
        Lyrics
        
        Prose
        
        Proverbs
- - - - Wool (clothing)
      - Barley (food)
    - - Cloth traded for other vitals
      - Women weaved cloth
    - - Worshipped in grand temples/home shrines
      - Statues were the gods and were fed and dressed
    - - Single battle could determine winner
      - Wars were planned
- - - - Hanging gardens
      - Temple of Marduk along with its ziggurat
    - - Epic of Gilgamesh
      - Religious texts
    - - date back to the First Babylonian Dynasty
        
        The Babylonians introduced the concepts of:
        
        diagnosis
        
        prognosis
        
        physical examination
        
        prescription
  - - - Great technological advances
        
        Mathematical
        
        Scientific
    - - Code of Hammurabi
        
        Assumption of innocence: Someone is innocent unless proven guilty.
        
        Eye for an eye: Retaliation is okay as long as the offence is worse.