Mesopotamian Pantheon Ideas

In which world would a mesopotamian civ feel too similar to egypt thematically? It’s like sayin’ ‘‘an indian civ would be too similar to the chinese civ’’ like what the heck I never heard of someone saying this before. I can understand people who say ‘‘too similar to greeks thematically’’ to my beloved wish for a roman civ (even if i highly contradict to that statement) but to say that about mesopotamians in relation to the egypts is absurd. Yes, celts would be cool and they are on my list of the three most wished future civs for AoM (romans, mesopotamians, celts) but if they are a legit choice, mesopotamians whould be a super legit choice. You know, the culture which is mentioned as the cradle of civilization, which contains several of the earliest empires of humankind like the akkadian, sumerian, babylonian or assyrian empires, which has many gods that several times influenced pop culture like Marduk, Nergal, Ishtar, An/ Anu etc. to just name a few, the culture with one of the most iconic architectures with the hanging gardens, the ziggurats, the ishtar gate (just look at the mesopotamian architecture set in Age of Empires 1 for example). The culture that tells prominent legends like the Story of Gilgamesh and is even mentioned in modern religion.

Sorry i don’t want to attack you but your post really triggered something in me.

You need to calm down, and read my actual post. I was replying to the OP’s design suggestion, which re-uses half the Egyptian roster, and has priests as hero units.

I am not saying that Mesopotamia could not work as a civ/pantheon in theory.

Oh ok sorry, then it was out of centext. I’m really sorry for that. I got your message wrong. Now i feel emberassed about it haha :smiley:

But…

On this i still have to disagree with you, even if i am a big fan of celtic mythology myself and want to see them in the game.

A interesting video with some ideas for the major and minor Gods of Sumeria/Mesopotamian pantheon. Enki, Inanna/Ishtar and Enlil could be considered.

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i like these videos. didn’t watch these yet tho, thanks!

Yes, for me they can give the bonuses of the Mesopotamian civs of AoE 1 to each main god… or make them similar to the Babylonians in AoEO…