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The 29 pages that link to Enūma Eliš, each with the reason it gives.

• CuneiformBroader topic: Its cuneiform copies preserve a major work of Babylonian religious literature.

• MythBroader topic: Its account of creation links divine conflict to the founding of Babylonian authority.

• Akkadian languageBroader topic: It shows Akkadian's use in learned religious poetry.

• CosmogonyBroader topic: This creation epic presents cosmic order as emerging from divine conflict.

• Library of AshurbanipalBroader topic: Its tablets show that the collection preserved religious literature from Babylonia.

• Ancient Near Eastern religionBroader topic: Its account links Babylon’s political supremacy with Marduk’s divine kingship.

• CreationBroader topic: This creation epic provides a Mesopotamian account of cosmic order emerging through conflict.

• Babylonian religionBroader topic: The epic gave mythic grounds for Marduk’s supremacy in Babylon.

• Creation mythBroader topic: Its creation account ties cosmic order to divine conflict and Babylonian kingship.

• Ancient Mesopotamian religionBroader topic: Its account of Marduk’s supremacy expresses a specifically Babylonian theological tradition.

• Mesopotamian mythologyBroader topic: Its creation story also legitimizes Babylon’s divine and political supremacy.

• Ancient Semitic religionBroader topic: This text preserves a prominent Mesopotamian account of divine authority and cosmic order.