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When, how and where did the concept of Hell originate?
What about the Mesopotamians?
The Mesopotamians, who lived in what is now Iraq, also had a belief in a place of punishment for the wicked. They believed in an underworld ruled by the goddess Ereshkigal and her husband Nergal, and they believed that souls who did not pass the tests in the afterlife would be forced to spend eternity in this place.