A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Echoes

Inanna, Ishtar of Nineveh, Shaushka and Astarte

One god under four names, across The Cradle of Cities.

Inanna, plate
Inanna ee-nan-nah Queen of Heaven — Akkadian Ishtar; goddess of love, war, and the morning and evening star The Cradle of Cities
Ishtar of Nineveh, plate
Ishtar of Nineveh ish-tar of ni-ne-veh The Lady of Nineveh — Assyrian Ishtar The Cradle of Cities
Shaushka, plate
Shaushka shaush-ka The Hurrian Ishtar — goddess of love and war The Cradle of Cities
Astarte, plate
Astarte as-tar-te The Phoenician Queen of Heaven The Cradle of Cities

Why the sources call them one god

Floor plan

The rooms follow one another in the order their peoples first appear in the written record.

  1. The Cradle of Citiesc. 3400 BCE to 395 CE. 115 works
  2. The Gift of the Nilec. 4000 BCE to 395 CE. 73 works
  3. The Olympian Orderc. 1600 BCE to 750 CE. 152 works
  4. The Persian Worldc. 2000 BCE to 1010 CE. 30 works
  5. The Levantine Borderlandsc. 1200 BCE to 500 CE. 20 works
  6. The Edges of Empirec. 2000 BCE to 1500 CE. 33 works
  7. The Etruscan Worldc. 900 BCE to 750 CE. 22 works
  8. The Roman Inheritancec. 1200 BCE to 500 CE. 58 works
  9. The Northern Inheritancec. 2000 BCE to 1600 CE. 131 works