Event

Akitu

Also known as New Year ritual

Akitu was the Mesopotamian New Year festival, celebrated most famously at Babylon in honour of the god Marduk. It included processions, religious rites and a ritual renewal of the king's authority. It was an important part of Babylonian royal and religious ideology.

Akitu
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Babylonian EmpireImpactChaldean EmpireGovernance

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Akitu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/akitu
MLA
“Akitu.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/akitu. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Akitu.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/akitu.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Akitu’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/akitu (Accessed: ).

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