The Anunnaki, the great gods of heaven and earth, set the Igigi to dig canals and pile mud for 3,600 years, imposing forced labor upon the lesser gods until they revolted and refused to work.
Enlil presided over the assembly of the Anunnaki at Nippur, the lord whose word none could gainsay, decreeing the fates of gods and mortals before Marduk's ascension displaced him as head of the divine council.
After slaying Tiamat, the Anunnaki gods bestowed fifty names upon Marduk and proclaimed him king of all gods, granting him supreme authority over the divine assembly in the Enuma Elish.
The Anunnaki labored for two years with brick and mortar to build Esagila, raising the temple to its full height as a dwelling worthy of Marduk after his victory over Tiamat.
The Anunnaki, the great gods of heaven and earth, assembled at Nippur to decree the fates of gods and mortals — their collective verdicts shaping the course of creation, sending floods to destroy mankind, and raising or casting down kings and deities alike.
The seven Anunnaki judges of the underworld fixed the eyes of death upon Inanna when she dared enter the land of no return, condemning her to a corpse hung on a hook — the verdict from which even the Queen of Heaven could not appeal.
The Anunnaki sanctioned the Great Flood to destroy the humanity they had grown weary of, but when the deluge raged and the waters rose to heaven, the gods themselves cowered against the walls and wept at the devastation they had wrought.
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