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100 1  Moorhen, Ryan. 
245 10 Legends of the mesopotamian gods.|nRulers and Sumerian 
       Descendants|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cRyan Moorhen.
250    Unabridged. 
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511 1  Read by Robbie Smith. 
520    With the fall of the Assyrian empire in 606 B.C., 
       Mesopotamia once more regained her national status. This 
       meant that her national god Merodach was no longer 
       subservient to the Assyrian Asshur in a political sense 
       and regained his place as sole head of the Mesopotamian 
       pantheon.  Great must have been the satisfaction of the 
       people of Sumeria when this comparatively mild tyranny 
       removed; they could worship their gods in their way, free 
       from the humiliating remembrance that their northern 
       neighbors regarded all Sumerian sacred things as appanages
       of the Assyrian empire. Nabopolassar and Nebuchadrezzar, 
       his successor, gave effect to these changes, and the 
       latter King placed Nabu on a footing of equality with 
       Merodach.  Was this the cause of his punishment? Was it 
       because he had offended in a religious sense that he had 
       to undergo the terrible infliction we read in the 
       Scriptures? The priesthood of Merodach must have possessed
       immense and practically unlimited power in Sumeria, and we
       may feel sure that any such interference with their 
       newfound privilege, as is here suggested, would have met 
       with swift punishment. Was the wretched monarch led to 
       believe that an enchantment had been cast upon him and 
       that he had been transformed into animal shape at the 
       command of an outraged deity? We cannot say. The cause of 
       his misfortune must forever remain one of the mysteries of
       the ancient world.  The unfortunate Nabonidus, too, 
       attempted to replace the cults of Merodach and Nabu by 
       that of Shamash. Furthermore, that hastened his doom, for 
       the priests became his bitter enemies, and when the 
       Persian Cyrus entered the gates of Sumerian as a conqueror,
       he was hailed as the savior of Merodach's honor. 
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