Tip to stay alive in warfare: Try not to get hit.
Babylon carefully inspected each and every one of his soldiers, as they prepared to attack Egypt. He carefully examined each soldier, carefully eying every little detail, such as the sword, the armor, what type of material, etc. He nitpicked on every soldier, wether it was a small crack on their sword, or one hair curl.
After inspections, he went to check on his brother, Sumer, to see how he was doing.
Babylon stared in bewilderment at Sumer's army. They were all having a party, drinking and feasting rather than preparing.
Babylon navigated his way through the crowd and finally found Sumer, passed out on a couch. Babylon smacked Sumer's head a few times before he woke up.
Waking up, Sumer rubbed his eyes and yawned. "So, when are we attacking?"
Babylon's mouth gaped in awe at his brother's carelessness. He smacked his head and said "Get your men back into their regiments, and I'll give a speech."
After a long period of time where it took forever to organize the Sumerians and get the Babylonians into the room, Babylon went up to the podium and finally gave his speech to inspire the soldiers.
"Fellow soldiers! We, at the insistence of my brother's romantic desires, and my desires to get new soil for the glorious gardens of Babylon, will attack Egypt at dawn! Let it be that the glory of Mesopotamia has come, to usher in a new golden age!" The entire crowd listened in awe of Babylon's oral skills (Don't read into that). "Let it be known, that if any one soldier of the great city Babylonia dies, that they shall be granted entrance into heaven!" The entire army of Babylon cheered. Then someone from the Sumerian side raised their hand. "Yes, what is your question?"
The Sumerian stood up and asked "What about us?"
Babylon paused for a minute, trying to say something creative. Then, a Babylonian stood up and stated "Well, you guys probably had it coming." All Babylonians nodded in agreement.
All Sumerians stared at the Babylonian who uttered these daring words. Then, after a period of silence, everything broke out in violence, just as it always been. All hopes for an invasion were gone now.
2600 BCE and Mesopotamia still lacks unity.
Later on…
Sumer and Babylon were back inside their own house, fighting once more. Sumer took all the offense, while Babylon strapped a shield to his back and resumed planting gardens.
"You Babylonians are all douche wannabes!" Sumer angrily yelled. Sparks flied as Sumer kept smashing Babylon's shield. "I'm going to kill you for ruining our invasion!"
Babylon ignored this as he continued to garden, only slightly disappointed to not get the coveted Egyptian soil.
"You hear me! I will kill you!" Sumer yelled. But his words fell on sealed ears.
Suddenly, Indus, in his normal phase, passed by the house of Mesopotamia, and heard the loud arguing that took place inside. Curious, he got closer to the house.
Indus began watching Sumer fail at his attack on Babylon and Indus was entertained. He began laughing uncontrollably every time Sumer failed, and eventually was on the floor, with pure joy on his face.
2600 BCE Mature (High) period of the Indus valley civilization begins.
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