Life in ancient Mesopotamia was full of
uncertainly and danger. Sometimes, the unpredictable waters of the rivers broke
through the dikes, and swept away farms, crop fields, localities in villages
and cities incurring heavy loss to the Mesopotamians.
Some other times, insufficient rainfall or an
insufficient overflow deprived the land of water causing crops to fail.
Great windstorms left the countryside covered
with a layer of sand, and heavy thunderstorms turned fields into a sea of mud
that made travel impossible. Besides, feeling themselves surrounded by
unfathomable and often hostile forces, the Mesopotamians lived in an atmosphere
of anxiety, which permeated their civilization.
To get rid of such uncertainty and danger, the
Mesopotamians might have begun to find out a supernatural entity (or,
entities). And, at this point, the Mesopotamians might have turned to the gods
for help.
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