Film or real history out of thin air: Sumerian civilization

Original 2022-03-26 15:01·Chat after class

We all know that there are four ancient civilizations in the world. These four countries are all known for their long history and splendid culture: Egypt was once called the first country to enter a civilized society and have written records. Ancient Babylon and India were also one of the first strong competitors to enter a civilized country. Although China's recognized history is not as good as the first three, it is also the best among human historical civilizations and has never been interrupted. When we were in school, we also used these four countries as the four earliest ancient civilizations of mankind. However, according to archaeological excavations, the earliest countries that humans have ever appeared roughly exist in Iraq today, which is the Sumerian civilization. Sumerian civilization has left one mysteries after another for mankind, and this article will also tell you some of them.

Sumerian relics in the Iraq National Museum

Overview of Sumerian Civilization

The Sumerian civilization in 3200 BC Uruk period (Source: All History)

"Sumer (4100 BC-2000 BC) is located in southern Mesopotamia and is a civilization created by the Sumerians. Mesopotamia is the birthplace of the earliest known civilization in the world and one of the earliest civilizations to appear and can be verified." This is the overview of Sumer by Baidu Encyclopedia. Through the test of radiocarbon fourteenth generation, scientists found that the beginning of the Sumerian civilization can even be traced back to 8,500 years ago. The Sumerian civilization was replaced by the Akkad Empire about 4,000 years ago, and then slowly disappeared into the long river of history. It was not until the British archaeologist Wu Lai accidentally discovered the cultural relics of the Sumerian civilization in the Mesopotamian Plain in 1922 that the Sumerian civilization gradually became known to people.

Sumerian civilization in 2800 BC (Source: All History)

Because we are too old, we are not familiar with the origin of the Sumerians, but in archaeological excavations, we learned that the Sumerians mastered a lot of knowledge and technology in the fields of metallurgy, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, agriculture, handicrafts, etc. They have a unified kingdom, school, and army, and even have measurement methods such as one hour and 60 minutes and 360 degrees of circumferential angle. These legacies left behind by the Sumerians bring us many questions, especially the 16 legacy of kings and Sumerian myths.

Sumerian civilization in 2000 BC (Source: All History)

Sumer King Watch

The Sumerian kings were roughly born in the late Sumerian civilization, roughly between 3000 BC and 2000 BC. The Sumerian King Table is equivalent to a historical record of the Sumerian rulers, with the following records. The Sumerian king table roughly recordsThe 20 major dynasties in the Sumer region and some other countries and their rulers, among which the records of the early rulers of Sumer are quite unreliable: the First Dynasty had eight kings, but the total reign lasted 241,200 years, and each king's reign was measured in ten thousand years.

The First Dynasty and the Great Flood in the Sumerian Kings

The Second Dynasty had dozens of rulers, and each ruler's time was greatly shortened, but it also lasted for hundreds or even more than a thousand years. The reign of the first four rulers of the Third Dynasty were also comparable to those of the second dynasty. It was not until the fifth king, Gilgamesh, was recognized as a real historical figure, and there were some records of the achievements of Gilgamesh during his reign. Gilgamesh's reign was roughly in the range of 2800 BC-2600 BC, which was also the earliest king that can be recognized as existent in human history. After that, a few kings had abnormal reigns, and most of them returned to their normal state, which also made subsequent historical records more authentic.

Four chapters in the Sumerian king's table

The king's power came to heaven and the legends about early rulers

According to the records of the king's table, the rulers of the First Sumerian dynasty came from "outside the sky", which brought advanced civilization to the Sumerians. "The kingship fell from heaven and fell in Elidu; Arulim was king." Arulim "is the first king recorded in the king's table, and he reigned for 28,800 years. Arulim was like a god in various myths, and there was a ruling group composed of gods around it. This was the case with all the rulers of the First Dynasty. The Sumerian Kingdom during this period was like an ordinary person who survived and developed under the rule of God. The Second Dynasty "After the flood, the kingship fell from heaven again, and the kingship was in Kish. "The rulers of the Second Dynasty were different. They were a mixed blood of God and man. Their lifespan was greatly shortened, but they were also far longer than ordinary people. Later, the Second Dynasty was defeated and the Third Dynasty was established.

Gilgamesh

According to the king's record, Meshchin Gasher, the first ruler of the Third Dynasty, was the son of the Sun God, and his territory was in Uruk. Uruk has also been confirmed by archaeology and is one of the very important cities in the early history of human civilization.

Restoration of the ancient city of Uruk (Ur City)

There are few records about Meshchycher, only one sentence in the king's table, "Meshchycher went to the sea and disappeared." Until the fifth king, Gilgamesh, left behind his reign and the earliest epic "Gilgamesh", which was written in human history. This epic tells Gilgamesh through the colors of myths and records some history at that time, becoming the blueprint for many myths in the later period. This epic has been missing in thousands of years of circulation, and was sensational after being deciphered in the 19th century. Because it was written too early and its content is very similar to the Bible, it even fundamentally challenged the authority of the Bible.Time calls the Bible a name for "plagiarist". The history after Gilgamesh was basically the replacement of Sumerian rulers, the migration of capitals and wars with other nations, and the relevant records were also very limited.

Epic of "Gilgamesh"

Records of the Great Flood

The early civilizations in various regions around the world have records of the Great Flood, and the Sumerian civilization is no exception. The great flood of Sumerian civilization broke out between the alternation of the First Dynasty and the Second Dynasty. Unlike the higher humanistic spirit of China's "Dayu's flood control", the Sumerian flood is more of a mythical color. At the end of the First Dynasty, the gods saw that humans were insatiable and began to provoke God's dominance, so they descended to the flood. Before the flood fell, the water god Enki told his believer Hashis what was about to fall and asked Hashis to build huge ships and take one male and one female of all species. After the flood fell for seven days and seven nights, the gods believed that the punishment for human beings was enough. They retreated from the flood and helped the remaining humans build cities, and then chose a demigod to rule human beings. The second dynasty began. This is one of the Sumerian myths, and many myths in later generations are based on this, such as the Bible Genesis. But this myth is the earliest record of a great flood in human history and has some compatibility with the myths of other civilizations.

Sumerans believe that 13,000 years ago, the gods wanted to bring down a flood to punish mankind

The planet Nibiru and the origin of the Sumerians

The mud plate unearthed in Sumer records that the king of "the king's power fell from the sky" comes from the planet Nibiru, which is a planet orbiting the sun. However, due to its special orbit, it enters the solar system every 3,600 years, and is the 12th star body in the solar system (The Sumerians believe that there are 12 star bodies in the solar system, namely the eight planets, Pluto, the Sun, the Moon and Nibiru). The Sumerians also regard 3,600 years as a unit of measurement and become 1sar. Due to the problems in the atmosphere on the Nibiru Star, a large amount of gold is needed to repair it. The Nibiru people entered the solar system on the planet Nibiru and then came to Earth, and transformed the genes of the apes and created Homo sapiens. The Sumerians began to help the Nibiru people mining and build temples to worship them, and the Sumerian civilization was born. In 2012, it was reported that NASA discovered Nibiru Star, but later NASA denied the rumors, saying it was an online prank.

Sumerian astronomy

The above are some contents about Sumerian civilization. After we have a preliminary understanding, we need to analyze rationally: First of all, the above content is mostly from the records of the Sumerians. When the Sumerians record their early history, they inevitably exaggerate and fabricate them. Perhaps the Sumerians' writings were formed later than their own civilization history. Before they form the text, they can only record the past history in oral form. Such stories are also passed down.It is constantly being processed, which is far from the original history.

Sumer people worship Anunaqi

Secondly, the Sumerian civilization was formed too early, and its history and existing records were continuously adapted by the Akkadian civilization, Assyrian civilization, Babylonian civilization, etc. in subsequent history, becoming an epic with more mythological colors. Furthermore, Sumer's text is too old and there are dozens of modern translations, and these translations are inevitably hyped and some mistakes. At the same time, in recent decades, due to the development of science and technology and people's curiosity, cosmology, mystics and things that go against common sense have attracted people's attention. Coupled with the media hype, the original Sumerian civilization has long lost its original content after repeated adaptations. But then again, without being confirmed, we cannot deny or be sure of everything about Sumerian civilization. Let us regard Sumerian myth and history as an appetizer in boring life.

Sumerian stone sculpture

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The reason why Sumer was praised by Westerners as the oldest among the four major civilizations is not that Sumer is really the oldest, but to cater to the Bible. After all, the Garden of Eden, which is now recognized as the Garden of Eden in Iraq. Otherwise, if you say that ancient India and ancient Egypt's history was earlier than Sumer, how could the lie of the Garden of Eden fabricated by Westerners in Iraq? Will there be a civilization that is earlier than Eden? So exaggerating Sumer's history and expanding Sumer's history forward for two thousand years isn't it the earliest civilization of mankind! Westerners have always had a tradition of creating history, such as building an ancient Egyptian king table, and then saying that the pyramid was built by Khufu and some other pharaohs. Lies are like wine. After the precipitation of history, they become history. Since the ancient Egyptian king watch can be forged, why can't a Sumerian king watch be forged? Then some pseudo-Sumerian scholars, such as Zechariassicin, compiled the "Chronicle of the Earth", and then Sumer became the birthplace of human civilization with a legitimate statement.