4000 B.C.
Many tribes wandered the world throughout the early history of humanity. None of them however were able to fully surpass the primal instincts and the nomadic ways of their forefathers. Finally, in the land known as Mesopotamia, the story of the world began with the growth of the first city in the land between the rivers, Eridu…
In the quarries, surrounding the great city, the overseers worked the men in the trenches to get more mud in order for the people to build the city further. Little did the men expect to find an abandoned baby in the midst of the marshes surrounding the trench! It was male and it had the Black eyes and brown hair. When they took it back to the city, the high priests knew what to do with him. They clothed it and were not at all surprised to hear it speak…
"Where am I" it said.
The elder said "You are in the ziggurat of the great city of Eridu, and you shall help it and the surrounding cites achieve greatness!"
"What sort of person am I in order to help this region achieve greatness?"
"You are the personification of the valley of Sumer, foretold in the prophecies of Enki. Your physical body is the land and its people. You shall live until your people die and you will raise them from barbarism to civilization!"
"Am I their ruler" said the newly christened Sumer.
"You will have to listen to your elders and the people who shall rule your land after us."
Sumer looked upon the aged man who had explained all of this to him. The Elder told him that in the future, if other nations became civilized or great, then he would also need to meet them. Later that day, as he gazed across the Mesopotamian plain, he wondered if anyone else like him was out there, and if they would take his advice as the first of a civilized people…
