The three early civilizations; the Mesopotamians, the Hebrews, and the Greeks, believed in different deities. All of their gods were all similar yet very different from one another. The Mesopotamian and Greek civilizations were polytheistic, believing in many gods. The Hebrew civilizations were monotheistic, believing in only one god. Mesopotamians relationship with their gods, was all about serving their gods. In fact the gods created humans to serve them. The gods gave there people laws through King Hammurabi. Mesopotamian gods were also very forgiving. For after destroying much of the world during a flood, they let a man survive. After it was done the gods realized their mistakes. The Hebrew civilizations relationships with their god were …show more content…
In all civilizations the people were supposed to serve there gods or god. In fact the Mesopotamian people were thought to be created for the purpose of serving their gods. In their interactions the gods of all civilizations were harsh in their punishments. In the Hebrew and Mesopotamian civilization there was a great flood. The Greeks differed in that there was no flood, but the gods punished the people in ways like Pandora. The gods of all civilizations expected its people to serve them. For example the covenant between the Hebrew people and their god. Good and evil and be explained by the polytheistic and monotheistic nature of the civilizations. In being polytheistic the Greek and Mesopotamians had good and evil gods, which explained the good and evil in the world. Hebrews, being Monotheistic, had only one god. Evil was explained through the sins and punishments that fell upon them. All of these things show the incredible relationship, although not always peaceful, that humans and their gods