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Sumerian religion| Religion of the Sumerian civilization. Sumerian society was ruled by gods – everything belonged to the gods and the kings were their representatives. Humanity's role was to serve the gods and to fulfil their will in their eternal struggles with each other. |
| The significance today of Sumerian religion is that it provides the earliest Middle Eastern texts of cosmology and also the earliest texts about the Flood – the Epic of Gilgamesh. The similarities and differences between this text and the Hebrew Bible have fascinated scholars for many years and provided a better understanding of the origins of certain Jewish beliefs. |
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