Astarte
Astarte was a Semitic goddess of love and fertility. People worshipped her mainly among the Phoenicians. She had a lot in common with the Sumerian goddess Ishtar.
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Astarte in the Late Bronze Age and during the Roman period
To find out more about Astarte, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:
Ancient Mesopotamians, by Elena Gambino (2000). For kids, retellings of Mesopotamian stories and lots of context.
Gods, Goddesses, and Monsters: An Encyclopedia of World Mythology, by Sheila Keenan (2000). For kids.
Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia : An Illustrated Dictionary, by Jeremy Black and Anthony Green (1992).
Religion
in Ancient Mesopotamia, by Jean Bottero (2001).
Main West Asian religion page
