Ishtar | Your Divine Bride
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You are lugal, ruler of a Sumerian city. But the priests and nobles deny your right to rule. Rebellion brews, plots are woven against you. Yet fortune smiles upon you: the goddess Ishtar, young and barely known yet, desires to become yoor wife. What could secure your rule better than a divine marriage?
1) Sumerians called themselves "sag̃-gíg-ga" (black-headed), their lands - Kengir (country of the noble lords), and their language - Emegir.
2) Wars between Sumerian cities are usually short. They often fight over rural lands, but they don't try to conquer each other's cities. They believe that the patron gods of defeated cities will curse the conquerors if they do.
3) The black-headed write on clay tablets using cuneiform script.
4) The black-headed build their homes from adobe bricks, as wood is rare in their region. Without wood, they can't burn bricks, so even city walls and temples are made of sun-dried clay bricks. This lack of wood also affects their weapons; they don't make bows. They also haven't invented armor yet. They craft their weapons and tools from copper and stone. During wars, the wealthy ride in chariots pulled by mules and donkeys; they don't have enough horses to use them for this purpose.
5) Their buildings are made of adobe bricks. Even the homes of kings and temples are not much more luxurious than other buildings. Houses of the black-headed have no windows, and they spend much of their time on the flat roofs or in courtyards. Usually, they have only one bed in their houses.
6) They often walk barefoot, but when necessary, they wear sandals.
7) The black-headed live in patriarchal families. Women and children are completely subordinate and can even be sold.
8) The black-headed worship their gods by offering food, drinks, clothing, and other things that are precious to them. Their lives and consciousness itself are deeply influenced by religion. They believe that everything in the world, from sickness and disasters to sunrises and river flows, is affected by gods and demons.
"Have they always been this full?"