Exam 6: Mesopotamia: Enuma Elish

According to the Enuma Elish, Marduk created the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by ____________________.

There is evidence in our reading of Enuma Elish that Tiamat behaves like a __________________.

In Babylonian mythology, ___________________ was the sweet-water deity.

As the story begins, Apsu and Tiamat are upset with their offspring because they ______________________.

Enuma Elish begins with a description of the water gods _________________ and_____________________.

The _____________________, the elder gods, supported Tiamat's decision to attack the Igigi.

As an indication of his physical superiority, Marduk had ___________ ears and ____________ eyes.

After Marduk defeated Qingu and "counted him among the dead gods," he took from him the __________________________.

When Apsu proposes to send the young gods away, Tiamat strongly disagrees because, she says, _______________________.

Marduk's parents are__________________________

As a creation myth, Enuma Elish shares many concepts with Genesis, including that ________________.

The keeper of the Tablet of Destinies controls ___________________________________________.

Marduk creates the world from ___________________.

_________________ was a central component of religion and cosmology for the Mesopotamian civilizations, since their lives and livelihoods depended on it.

The description of how Marduk creates the world and sets stars in the sky is an example of ____________________.

In response to the Annunakis' request for a shrine, Marduk ________________________________________.

When Marduk defeats _____________, he takes from him the symbols of kingship and preeminence: his belt, crown, and "mantle of radiance."

In this ritual, human beings are created primarily to _____________________________________________.

Marduk created humans from the blood of ______________.