The Lessons Of Ur

Six thousand years before Christ there was a city. Now it would be called the "war zone". Then it was called the first war zone.

The city of Ur kind of summarizes all that we have been and done. It became a huge pile of bricks that the centuries covered with sand.

It lies at the mouth of the Euphraides river in what we now call Iraq.

Eight thousand years ago, it was a sea port. The climate of earth was much warmer then than now. Ur is now 70 miles from the sea. But then, it was a port.

The first instance of organized nation occured at Ur. A chief arose. This was a new idea. He conquored two neighboring villages. Thus we became "man".

There was a king. Who came five and a half centuries later.

He was Sargon. He lived about 2330 BC to 2275 BC. Or 1334 BC to 2279 BC. Depending on your "educational bias".

I know. Sounds like science fiction. But it is true.

He was the first "real" king. Because now we have language. Written language. Not just broken shards of flint and stone at the sight of the real first kings battle.

Sargon ruled Ur. And the nation called mesopotamia. Seven villages who owed allegience to Sargon. Government is born. It is the first recorded. That is important.

Why did Sargon rule?

Because he "conquored" seven villages and told them he ruled. By force of arms. And a mighty army of four hundred warriors.

Originally posted by StarValleyWy
Why did Sargon rule?

Because he "conquored" seven villages and told them he ruled. By force of arms. And a mighty army of four hundred warriors.

Sargons father was not known. He was a bastard.

His mother, in the temple of power, did weave his basket and set him free on the Euphrades. To be discovered and reared of poor parents. To come to power as was his right.

See what language does? How it repeats? And gains power with each rehearsal?

2000 years ago the romans ruled a great empire because they conquered other civilisations, some 500 years later it began to fall apart, whats your point ?

Originally posted by Jay Peatea
2000 years ago the romans ruled a great empire because they conquered other civilisations, some 500 years later it began to fall apart, whats your point ?

The language says that Zababa tried to oppose our man. Our king.

But the inlil opposed the attempt. What does it matter to us? What is an "enlil" to us?

Zapata tried to kill Sargon. Why? To what did the attempt want?

Enter the pretty girl. Inanna.

Why did she send her hero to the evil Lugalzagesi, king of Uruk?

To be killed. Why? Because of deceipt? Or love?

If love? what did she love?

But Sargon does the unexpected. Instead of going, he wages war and wins. Hmmm...

This is the first time in language that we have a heroic victory. Why? What lesson can we draw?

Lugalzagesi just thought small. He went village to village and killed for what he wanted.

Sargon just killed Lugalzagesi and took what he had taken.

Smart. To the point. Modern. Usurpation. Pure and to the point.

You are a madman SVW. But God bless you for it.

Originally posted by darvlay
You are a madman SVW. But God bless you for it.

But then he met the end. He marched all the way to turkey. Conquoring villages and cities.

But he failed. Do you know why?

Because he lacked the military might to enforce his march.

To march and conquor is one thing. To then post troops to enforce slavery is another. He failed. Oh well. It is written. for the very first time.

So what? Well. We can start reading and understanding all the slavery and trecherous deeds to come. That... my friends is why we are not animals. We can learn. If we will.

Originally posted by StarValleyWy
That... my friends is why we are not animals. We can learn. If we will.