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I hear people use the names Babylon, Assyria, Sumer, and Mesopotamia pretty much interchangeably on the internet, were they different cultures, the same culture, or different versions/ages of the same culture sort of like new/middle/old kingdom in Egypt?

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Why do so many Hindu gods portrayed as having blue skin? Is it symbolic of something or just an artistic choice?

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Why are so many ancient symbols, statues, and gods/goddesses related to fertility? Was the ancient world that obsessed with it, or is that more of a generic modern meaning that we give things if we don’t really know?

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I hear people use the names Babylon, Assyria, Sumer, and Mesopotamia pretty much interchangeably on the internet, were they different cultures, the same culture, or different versions/ages of the same culture sort of like new/middle/old kingdom in Egypt?	127
Why do so many Hindu gods portrayed as having blue skin? Is it symbolic of something or just an artistic choice?	6
Why are so many ancient symbols, statues, and gods/goddesses related to fertility? Was the ancient world that obsessed with it, or is that more of a generic modern meaning that we give things if we don’t really know?	4