3000 B.C.
A young man travelled through the fertile plains of the Levant. He was looking for someone like him, but who exactly was like him. The only name he left behind to innkeepers was Enlil of Lagash, from the land of Sumer.
Since he was on a break from his job as a scribe in Kish, Sumer decided to search further for others like him. His cities had started to war with each other, despite the supremacy of Kish and his body ached from time to time. He finally managed to travel across the peninsula called Sinai, and went into a fertile valley, much like his own home. On the banks of the river, which the locals called the Nile, he saw a little girl.
"What is your name" He asked.
"Egypt" She replied…
Across the world, another being came into existence. The sage Fu Xi, the first sovereign, was looking for tortoises on the Yellow River. While looking, he came across what could have been a four-year old boy.
"Nihao, xio baobao, who are you and what are you doing at this place"
The boy answered "My name is Yao Wang, and I believe that you are my boss"
Fu Xi pondered this and then remembered
"You must be the spirit of China! To believe that the tortoises were correct in saying that one would come to rule All Under Heaven!"
"Where is the city, for I must come with you to rule alongside you?"
"Follow me to Qufu, xio baobao, my wife will make you a silk, yellow coat like that of the Huangdi."
China followed Fu Xi back to his hut in order to begin his life living alongside the Yellow Emperor, who ruled All Under Heaven…
Still another being came into the world. In the city of Mohenjo-Daro, a perfectly identical city compared to its other twin cities on the Indus, a massive bathtub sat in the middle of the city. It had been constructed because of the "complete lack of hygiene in the cities of the barbarians of the West." In the bath, a young girl was bathing along with the people. She had long, dark, hair and green eyes…
India had been born in the jungles and had come to Mohenjo-Daro when she had the appearance of a four year old. She had been staying with the wise men, for they had told her who she was and that they had been waiting for her. She really didn't have a boss and often got lost in the streets of the city. Sometimes she would go for a swim at the ocean downriver. From the sea, she could see the vast mountains that protected her from the outside world. What lay beyond those mountains, she wished to know, but what eventually came from the other side, would bring terror to her and her people…
Egypt had been found in the palace hall when Menes was crowned the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. She had stayed in the palace throughout his reign and was playing by the river when Sumer found her.
"Are you like me?" she asked
"Yes, I have waited a thousand years in order to find another personification like myself."
"Where do you come from?"
"I come from the land between the rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, in the land of Mesopotamia."
"I see, I was raised on the Nile, and my boss just unified my people."
"Could I stay for a few days in order to see your culture?
"Sure, I could use some advice from an older civilization."
So the two spent ample time together for the next two days. On one of those days, Egypt asked what Sumer did in his spare time.
"I am a scribe in Kish and this is what I write."
"Is there a name to this?"
"I call it Cuneiform, why don't I give you lessons?"
"Alright, we shall start tomorrow"
Sumer was ecstatic about his new discovery. He did find though that unlike him, Egypt was creative. She created a new text based on his Cuneiform which she called Hieroglyphs. This annoyed him and so did the fact that she didn't live a thrifty life. Lavishness defined her and he found that someday he needed to correct this path. Nevertheless, when it came time to return to his own land, they parted as if a father to a daughter. She looked out into the plains for his figure, until the barrenness of the Sinai swallowed it…
Sumer was happy about many things when he got back to Kish. He was happy about the fact that he longer needed to shave his head, due to the fact that he appeared twenty years old and that people of the day no longer needed to do so when they reached this age. He had found a companion, Egypt, and what a sweet little girl she was! Not as exciting was the person he had found in the plains between his home and the Sinai. A wild man existed there, fighting everyone who crossed his path, a man named Canaan. Sumer would have to tread carefully if he ever wanted to visit Egypt again. Yet he envied her, her nation was unified, bigger and stronger than him. He wanted to expand too and eventually, a man would come from Uruk, who would make that dream reality.