Amidst the war and turmoil that stamps the Middle East as a hot bed of activity, we can find the rich mythology of Iraq taking a back seat. Iraq is scarcely known as the cradle of civilization. If we look back at the year 3,500 BC, Iraq was then known as Mesopotamia. Southern Mesopotamia gave birth to the worlds first complex civilization, which included the technologies of science, mathematics, cosmology, worship, economy, government, written language and architecture to name a few. Mesopotamia, whose first civilization was Sumer, is a mystery to human beings even today.
For years, the west had believed that our civilizations were directly taken from Greek and Roman cultures when in fact, it all stems from the very first civilization, Mesopotamia.
The brief history of modern Iraq is one of constant conquest and turbulence.
Once the Middle East has been settled, how will future Historians interpret the occurrences and events that are taking place within Iraq today? Within the heated mystery of the Middle Eastern desert, a question arises, why are the US troops so involved in conducting the pacification of this particular part of the world? There is a brief part of the Mesopotamian mythology that covers the God’s creation of the Human Being. Originally, according to Sumerian myth, Anu, the supreme God and Ki, the Goddess of Earth gave birth to a set of lesser Gods called Anunnaki. These lesser Gods, the Anunnaki were meant to do the daily work of the Gods, much like slaves. The Anunnaki, unsatisfied by this lesser work, demanded their own slaves to do their work for them. They assisted the greater Gods in the creation of yet another race to work the daily chores, much like slaves would. This new race was ironically the Human Race.
Funny, humans originally were created as a slave race. Which on its own account would explain a lot about the very nature of Humanity and their actions.
Eventually, much like all subordinates, the humans, much like their predecessors the Anunnaki, rebelled. After this rebellion, it is said that Human Beings lived in the cities freely, though the Anunnaki remained involved in daily human activities.
Perhaps, the resistance and tension that is felt in the Middle East today, is simply an echo of the enslavement that had occurred in Ancient Iraq years ago. Though this proposed pacification might never be attained, the fact of the matter is very apparent.
Modern day Iraq is as much a puzzle today, as it was in the days that sprang forth the complex civilization of Ancient Mesopotamia. It can be hypothesized, given the mythology of Iraq that they would fight a war of freedom against what they view as a potentially oppressive force, the United States. Perhaps modern day Iraq, reminded of their indentured origins, simply view the United States as a modern day collection of Anunnaki masters trying to once again enslave them.
Perhaps, this is the case.
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