World History Encyclopedia<p>The gods of Mesopotamia are first evidenced during the Ubaid Period (c. 5000-4100 BCE) when temples were raised to them, but their worship developed during the Uruk Period (4100-2900 BCE) and their names appear in writing beginning in the Early Dynastic Period (2900-2334 BCE) in Sumer alongside the development of the ziggurat. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Utu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Utu</span></a>-Shamash <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pazuzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pazuzu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ninurta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ninurta</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryFacts</span></a> <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/196/mesopotamian-gods/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/collection/19</span><span class="invisible">6/mesopotamian-gods/</span></a></p>