They were different, because in Thinker's case it was ruled in the favor of the students. They had the freedom to publish whatever they wanted, as long as it was not disruptive . In Hazelwood's case it was ruled in favor of the school, because the educators had a power to decide what could be published in student's newspaper.
Ziggurats.
The mesopotamia region was famous for Ziggurats. Some of the most famous Ziggurats of this region are known as The Great Ziggurat of Ur and Khorasabad. These structures looked like gigantic pyramids and had the form of hundreds of steps. They were not considered places of worship. Instead they were merely believed to house gods. That is the reason why sacrifices were made here and offerings to appease the god were made here too. This was a tradition that went on during the 3rd millennium BC.
Buddha
Vishnu
Shiva
Brahma
and 33 million others but those are the main ones
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