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Chapter 1234 Creation Myth

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    Every nation has its own creation myth, and every civilization has its origin.

    The Sumerians believed that they believed that the primordial sea first appeared in the universe, and then a dome-shaped sky was born, and then a flat disk-shaped earth was born, and then air appeared between the sky and the earth.

    The moon was born of the air, and the moon gave birth to the sun, which rose and set on the top of the mountain.

    Ultimately plants, animals, and humans were created by God.  The Sumerians believed that the gods created humans out of clay to serve them.

    Heaven belongs to the immortal gods. After death, poor mortals enter the dark gate of Hades, where they become miserable ghosts, and finally freeze into eternal death.

    And in the hometown of Finnis, on the huge plain where the Nile River flows, in the creation myth, the original world was originally composed of chaotic water, which is very similar to the Sumerian myth.

    But then, the God of Creation appeared to create and organize the world, and everything in the world began to exist.  The earliest gods emerged from the primordial water, and the earliest three gods formed the heaven, earth and air, and then all things and people were born.

    The sky is a flat ceiling, the stars are the lights hanging in the sky, the earth is a concave box, the Nile River is in the center of the depression, leading to a larger river that surrounds the earth, and there is a boat on the river that carries the sun back and forth.  And East and West, so the earth has day and night.

    Everything is cyclical, including life and death, and it is just to live in other worlds, so the world is eternal.

    The initial world view of a civilization, as well as their civilization spirit, can be seen from the creation myth.

    The ancient Sumerians loved life and hated death.

    The ancient Egyptians were happy to die and happy to live.

    And Finnis, who doesn't know why the new owner wants to tell himself the myth of this land, doesn't know why, he wants to ask about the myth of the Nile.

    But soon she got the answer.

    Concubine Zai: "The changes in the weather are not caused by gods. From the creation myth, we can see that you have many deficiencies in weather observation, meteorological knowledge, and hydrogeology. This is my understanding of your problem and I will give you a reasonable answer.  preconditions for the solution."

    "I must be familiar with your civilization before I can bring you new knowledge."

    Finnis heard the explanation of the King of the East, and then she learned where the King of the East had come.

    She saw the map taken out by the master. On the map, from Sumer to the west, there was still an unclear outline, as if shrouded in fog, and to the east of Sumer, there were many maps, mountains  Rivers, everything is clearly marked.

    She saw the huge "Han" character, and the land it touched was as big as the sky.

    "I come from here."

    The finger of the King of the East pointed at a city-state symbol in the land of the East. Fenis saw that there were countless such city-states, big and small, on that vast land. She was a little unbelievable, very puzzled and nervous.  , asked even more surprised:

    "Do you rule all the city-states here?"

    "Master, please forgive my slip of the tongue, but I still want to get an answerHere, among so many city-states, there must be some who will not submit to the king"

    Finnis thought, she saw the land of Sumer, although the Mesopotamia is not as big as the Eastern Han land, but it is also a giant, but on such a large land, there are countless civilization forces fighting, and each civilization  The internal forces are still fighting on their own.

    Just like Lagash, Wenma, Ur, Uruk These Sumerian city-states, in the eyes of the Akkadians in the north, they are all the revival forces of the Fourth Dynasty of Uruk, but the fact  The monarchs of these city-states all play their own games.

    The Akkadians in the north are also divided into several factions, and the Elam in the southeast is headed by the city of Susa, but the city-states in remote places manage their own land and do not obey the orders of Susa, so the city of Susa will send  Priests went to guard.

    Perhaps, the only united people on this land are those Kuti muscular guys who came out of the mountains and were full of fighting and killing.

    ? If you are indecisive, you will be cut once, if you are a brother, you will be cut once, if you are not a brother, you will be cut twice

    Therefore, the number of city-states in the East is like stars, and such a vast land can never be unified. Each city-state should have its own monarch, and the title of King of the East should also be nominal.

    But she was disappointed and dismayed.

    Šu Zai explained: "In fact, these city-statesno, they are not called city-states, city-states are independent, and thisThese signs are just cities, and the smaller ones are called strongholds or villages.  "

    "Our social form is different from yours. We have completed the centralization of power and reached the premise of great unification. Everyone in the world writes the same language, and everyone in the world speaks a common language. The land is divided by us.  It consists of several regions, governed by the state pastor, and there are other official positions set up under the state pastor, which are handed down layer by layer"

    "The clan society has been disintegrated, and the village has replaced it; roads connect east and west, bridges connect north and south, horse-drawn carriages travel on flat roads, and the wheels roll without hindrance. There are countless strongholds and trading markets along the way, and the activities of merchants  Make the land have a strong vitality, and it only takes eight or nine days to travel from the north to the south."

    Finnis was at a loss. She didn't understand that social system at all, and she couldn't understand it. She saw the owner in front of her stop talking, and said:

    "When you go to the temple to take classes, I will carefully talk about the social system."

    "Different systems can exert powerful power in different eras, and they can even change people's classes, but the price paid is something that some people cannot bear, while others can risk their lives for it."

    Finnis was a little dry-mouthed, and said with difficulty: "So, all city-states will not be independent on their own, and it is impossible to elect their own kings, but they will completely obey the king's orders?"

    She couldn't imagine this kind of power. A real word can shake the world. This is the top of the pyramid. Compared with the king of the Nile, the power held in his hand is even greater.

    And the king will not be hereditary, nor controlled by any family, which surprised her even more.

    Does this system really exist and is it effective?

    Perhaps as the host said, she and the local Sumerian kings still had difficulty understanding the roots of these systems.

    And the host also started to get to the point, but it was another question:

    "Then there should be a flooded river in your hometown. I don't know what it should be called. Tell me about the severe climate change that you encountered in your hometown before you left."

    "Let me guess, that river stopped flowing?"

    Finnis was stunned!

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