Ishtar, was a Semetic goddess. She was identified with the Sumerian city-goddess of Uruk, Innana, in southern Mesopotamia. To the north, she was sometimes associated with other goddesses and was worshipped in multiple cities. This is because the word Ishtar is related to the general mesopotamian term for goddess. Not related to any masculine gods, she was worshipped for being the goddess of love as well as for war and as the Venus star.
After Babylon rose to political prominence in the 18th century BC, Marduk became the supreme god of Babylonia. This kind of rise of a god was uncommon in mesopotamia, but theology suggests he was the chosen god to bring on the rise of the empire. The epic Enūma ēliš explains that Marduk created man and that
