A lokacin zamanin Sumerians, Nergal wani allah ne mai mahimmanci, amma, a lokacin baya, babban cibiyar bautarsa ita ce birnin Nineveh. A cikin rubuce-rubucen Mesopotamian, Mars an kira shi "tauraron hukunci na makomar matattu". An rubuta wanzuwar Mars a matsayin wani abu mai yawo a cikin dare na dare da masanan ilmin taurari na Masar na dā kuma, a shekara ta 1534 KZ, sun saba da motsi na baya na duniyar. A lokacin zamanin Daular Neo-Babylonian, masanan ilmin taurari na Babila suna yin rikodin rikodin matsayi na taurari da kuma lura da tsarin halayyarsu. Domin Mars, sun san cewa duniyar Mars ta yi sau 37 na rayuwa, sau 42 na zodiac, kowane shekaru 79 na rayuwa. Sun kirkiro hanyoyi na farko don auna abubuwan da suka faru a birnin Nineveh.
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