Carlos Fernández Rodríguez

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | UAM · Departamento de Historia Antigua, Historia Medieval, Paleografía y Diplomática

Hammurabis' Babylon, 17th century BC, became a territorial and religious capital of Mesopotamia, as to its tutelary god, Marduk, who became the commander of the Babylonian pantheon. Almost thirteen centuries after, Nabonidus, an usurper of the Babyloninan throne, wanted to give the godly supremacy that held Marduk, to the lunar god Sin. This decisi...