Regarding the ancient Near Eastern cultures;
* The "scorpion" symbol, which was witnessed in ancient Mesopotamia, was used by Assyrian queens as a symbol of "queendom";
* The saliva and feces of dogs, an animal often associated with death in ancient societies, were used for therapeutic purposes in Mesopotamia and were therefore identified with the goddesses of healing;
* In ancient Mesopotamia, people tried to obtain clues about the future by using various methods of divination;
* It is even said that after a purification ritual, they go to sleep in certain temples and seek answers to questions in their minds based on the dreams they had that night, and that this is reminiscent of the practice of "Istikhara" in Islamic tradition;
* Some of the month names used in Mesopotamia have survived to the modern calendar with very little change;
* In cuneiform law texts, the penalty of "throwing into water" was used as a method of detecting and punishing crimes, and the same method was even used in witch hunting in the Middle Ages;
* Symbolic meanings attributed to pomegranate:
* The place of music and musicians in Assyrian society;
And some other interesting topics like this you will find in this book.