{"product_id":"2940015835335","title":"THE RELIGION OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA","description":"THE RELIGION OF THE BABYLONIANS AND ASSYRIANS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                The Sumero-Akkadians and the Semites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the history of the development of the religion of the Babylonians\u003cbr\u003eand Assyrians much naturally depends upon the composition of the\u003cbr\u003epopulation of early Babylonia. There is hardly any doubt that the\u003cbr\u003eSumero-Akkadians were non-Semites of a fairly pure race, but the\u003cbr\u003ecountry of their origin is still unknown, though a certain\u003cbr\u003erelationship with the Mongolian and Turkish nationalities, probably\u003cbr\u003ereaching back many centuries--perhaps thousands of years--before the\u003cbr\u003eearliest accepted date, may be regarded as equally likely. Equally\u003cbr\u003euncertain is the date of the entry of the Semites, whose language\u003cbr\u003eultimately displaced the non-Semitic Sumero-Akkadian idioms, and\u003cbr\u003ewhose kings finally ruled over the land. During the third millennium\u003cbr\u003ebefore Christ Semites, bearing Semitic names, and called Amorites,\u003cbr\u003eappear, and probably formed the last considerable stratum of tribes of\u003cbr\u003ethat race which entered the land. The name Martu, the Sumero-Akkadian\u003cbr\u003eequivalent of Amurru, \"Amorite\", is of frequent occurrence also before\u003cbr\u003ethis period. The eastern Mediterranean coast district, including\u003cbr\u003ePalestine and the neighbouring tracts, was known by the Babylonians\u003cbr\u003eand Assyrians as the land of the Amorites, a term which stood for the\u003cbr\u003eWest in general even when these regions no longer bore that name. The\u003cbr\u003eBabylonians maintained their claim to sovereignty over that part as\u003cbr\u003elong as they possessed the power to do so, and naturally exercised\u003cbr\u003econsiderable influence there. The existence in Palestine, Syria, and\u003cbr\u003ethe neighbouring states, of creeds containing the names of many\u003cbr\u003eBabylonian divinities is therefore not to be wondered at, and the\u003cbr\u003epresence of West Semitic divinities in the religion of the Babylonians\u003cbr\u003eneed not cause us any surprise.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174091047152,"sku":"2940015835335","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015835335","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}