Marduk reigns over Babylon as its divine lord, the city raised in his honor by the gods after his victory over Tiamat, its fortunes inseparable from his presence upon the throne of Esagila.
Marduk founded Babylon as the earthly seat of divine power after his victory over Tiamat, raising the Esagila temple as the gods' dwelling and the city as the navel of the cosmos.
Nergal, in his aspect as Erra, tricked Marduk into abandoning his throne in Babylon and then unleashed plague and slaughter upon the unprotected city, ravaging its people and desecrating its sanctuaries until his vizier Ishum finally persuaded him to relent.
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