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? ? Yes it was and the following will explain why it was and why it deserves the title of the cradle of civilization. The difference between Mesopotamia and the earlier societies is that they had all the elements of a civilization and so much more. They had man ....

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.... or heavens and ruled over the earth and below the earth was a gloomy underworld. According to the Mesopotamian, the gods controlled every aspect of their lives. The gods could bring rain, floods or misfortune to a business or illness to a family. The people were the marionettes of the gods. The Mesopotamian created a strong mythology to explain their gods’ relationship to earth. The Mesopotamian also believed in afterlife. They believed that when they died, they would enter a dark underworld that was a land of no return. Some believed it to be a place where the dead would live forever, alone and in darkness. When the king died, the peopl ....