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'''Inanna''' is an [[List of Mesopotamian deities|ancient Mesopotamian goddess]] of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with beauty, sex, [[Divine law|divine justice]], and political power. She was originally worshiped in [[Sumer]] under the name "Inanna", and later by the [[Akkadian Empire|Akkadians]], [[Babylonian religion|Babylonians]], and [[Assyria]]ns under the name "'''Ishtar'''". She was known as the "[[Queen of heaven (antiquity)|Queen of Heaven]]" and was the patron goddess of the [[Eanna]] temple at the city of [[Uruk]], which was her main [[Cult (religious practice)|cult]] center. She was associated with the planet [[Venus]] and her most prominent symbols included the [[Lion of Babylon|lion]] and the [[Star of Ishtar|eight-pointed star]]. Her husband was the god [[Dumuzid]] (later known as Tammuz) and her ''[[sukkal]]'', or personal attendant, was the goddess [[Ninshubur]] (who later became conflated with the male deities [[Ilabrat]] and [[Papsukkal]]).
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Inanna was worshiped in [[Sumer]] at least as early as the [[Uruk period]] ({{circa}} 4000 BCE – {{circa}} 3100 BCE), but she had little cult activity before the conquest of [[Sargon of Akkad]]. During the post-Sargonic era, she became one of the most widely venerated deities in the Sumerian pantheon,{{sfn|Wolkstein|Kramer|1983|page=xviii}}{{sfn|Nemet-Nejat|1998|page=182}} with temples across [[Mesopotamia]]. The cult of Inanna/Ishtar, which may have been associated with a variety of [[Sexual ritual|sexual rites]], was continued by the [[East Semitic]]-speaking people ([[Akkadians]], [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] and [[Babylonians]]) who succeeded and absorbed the Sumerians in the region. She was especially beloved by the [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]], who elevated her to become the highest deity in their pantheon, ranking above their own [[national god]] [[Ashur (god)|Ashur]]. Inanna/Ishtar is alluded to in the [[Hebrew Bible]] and she greatly influenced the [[Ugarit]]ic [[Ashtart]] and later [[Phoenicia]]n [[Astarte]], who in turn possibly influenced the development of the Greek goddess [[Aphrodite]]. Her cult continued to flourish until its gradual decline between the first and sixth centuries CE in the wake of [[Christianity]].
