SUMERIAN KINGS LIST – THE MYTHICAL ERA

This is a journey we need to undertake, our DATELINE, is what I BLOG about, and I could not ignore the SUMERIAN KINGS LIST, because I had to understand the world lost to us, and we start our journey with an opening statement, I refer to it – “AFTER THE KINGSHIP DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN, THE KINGSHIP WAS IN ERIDU.”

ERIDU, is understood by many scholars to be the earliest CITY, about 12 Kilometres from UR, ERIDU was believed to have been founded by ENKI, so who was he?

We see that he was the god of water, knowledge, craft, and creation and he is believed to be an ANUNNAKI. ANUNNAKI, are ancient deities of the pantheon, which is a particular set of gods, of an individual polytheistic religion, mythology, or traditions, during ancient SUMER. . .Back then I thought that an ANUNNAKI, was also a member of the GIANT Clans. . .silly me!!

Digs confirm their SHRINES dating back to what was named the UBAID PERIOD between the years 6 500 BCE, before ADAM to around 3 800 BCE, during the time of SETH.

So now we have a starting DATE, to add to our creation period, a period prior to ADAM, 4 010 BCE going back in time to 6 500 BCE.

The members of the kings list were many. We see that they moved from city state to city state. Did they move and build these city states we know then and now? With each City they moved to, they created a god or a king, and even a title of priest-king (ENSI), who were assisted by a council of elders.

The first five cities created were ERIDU – BAD-TIBIRA – LARAG – ZIMBIR and SHURUPPAK.

These Cities and regions were known as the WALLS OF COPPER, where mining started on EARTH.

When ERIDU, was no more, the kingship was taken to BAD-TIBIRA, now what is interesting is that BADTIBIRA, was situated on a COPPER BELT, today it is known as TELL AL-MADINEH in IRAQ. They were clever. They moved where the mining and minerals, and water was, then they established cities to create what they could trade with to keep their home-fires burning.

Next, I read a statement which caught my attention “THEN THE FLOOD SWEPT OVER” – I ask, ‘what is this now’ a big FLOOD not on our DATELINE? Yes, it is on our DATE LINE. It is the FLOOD of 5 300 BCE, which seem to have been the aftermath of the volcanic eruption in IRAN. This FLOOD happened between the CITIES of ERIDUG and SHURUPPAK.

What we read, is after this particular FLOOD, more kingships descended from HEAVEN and this time the kingship was at KISH. But even KISH had disappeared around 2 600 BCE.

Clay Tablets found dating to around 3 500 BCE – 3 200 BCE confirms a lot of what is written about the period we discussed above. They used an ideogram (pictures) form of writing, around 3 100 BCE, in the time of LAMECH. Then they started to use a Logographic form of writing, using characters to represent words. From roughly 2 500 BCE to 2 350 BCE, cuneiform writing took over by our known SUMERIANS, and this was before and up to the FLOOD of NOAH.

Now we find ourselves within a period known as the JEMDET NASR PERIOD, between 3 100 BCE – 2 900 BCE. This is the period of LAMECH his wife BENETOS his sister RAKEL and METHUSELAH’S son ELIAKM his wife and NOAH, his brother NIR and NOAH’s wife EMZARA. Suddenly we find ourselves within the BIBLICAL STORY period of CREATION.

We conclude on a very crowded period on EARTH, with many more detailed stories that can be told. These are not relevant to our DATELINE JOURNEY, but we must now accept that without those individuals between 6 500 BCE to the LAMECH period, they left a lot of knowledge for the generations to come.

Irrigation of an elevated level is one that gets my attention and of course writing. This means there were records of trading activity. TRADE ROUTES ran as far as the INDUS VALLEY of INDIA, to EGYPT, and through the NUBIAN or CUSHITE regions. Those 3 400 years a lot was achieved, and a massive legacy was left for MODERN MAN to continue their journey to JERUSALEM.

The final years of SUMER, started with the FIRST DYNASTY of UR around 2 600 BCE. MESKALAMDUG was the first archaeological recorded king or LUGAL of the city of UR. He was followed by AKALAMDUG, his son, and then by MESH-ANE-PADA of UR in the kings list. He was the one who defeated LUGALKILDU of URUK and KISH and many cities.

The we see the DYNASTY OF AWN, a short Dynasty when the kingship was at AWAN.

This short reign, was due to the political climate ends when we see the fall of the EMPIRE OF LUGALZAGE-SI of URUK, around 2 359 – 2 335 BCE.

This was an interesting period for me to research, as NOAH’S FLOOD sits in the middle of this period.

LUGAL-ZAGE-SI, took URUK and UR, and made his capital at URUK and he extended his kingdom to NIPPUR. He was running away from the FLOOD of 2 350 BCE, and it is said that he extended his land from the PERSIAN GULF along the TIGRIS, the EUPHRATES to the UPPER SEA, and the MEDITERRANEAN. This is where we get a glimpse into the fact that MESOPOTAMIA had reached the MEDITERRANEAN, we also see evidence that the land of SUMER, was no more.

Enter SARGON in 2 334 BCE to 2 279 BCE, after the FLOOD of NOAH.

SUMER was no more, because of the FLOOD of NOAH, and the land above the confluence at BAGHDAD, became the ‘new’ land known as AKKADIA, SARGON becomes KING over the land of AKKADIA.

A little more about SARGON and his family.