He rose from obscure deity of 3rd millennium BCE to being one of the most important complex deities in Mesopotamian pantheon in the 1st millennium, as creator of heaven, earth and humankind, and as the patron deity of the city of Babylon.
He rose from an obscure deity of the 3rd millennium BCE to being one of the most important and complex deities in the Mesopotamian pantheon of the 1st millennium BCE. Marduk was worshiped as creator of heaven, earth and humankind, and as the patron deity of the city of Babylon.