This overlapping of the genealogy of antiquity shows that these heroes, Bel, Gilgamesh, Melcarth, Hercules, belonged to a common race.
What significance lies under this common hero under the names of the greatest of the demi-gods of Egypt and Greece? The epic of the adventures of Nimrod was preserved in the library at Erech and is identical with the twelve labors of Hercules. Then in these early Babylonian traditions follow the names of Gilgamesh, the Melcarth of Tyre and the Hercules of Greece, identified with the name of Nimrod of the Hebrews. On this spot at Babylon stood the temple of Anu. At his death colonies under the leadership of Titan (Nimrod), arrived in the plain of Sumer and essayed to build a tower that would scale the sky. These come down to the Xisuthros of Greek tradition, our Noah. Enormous cycles of years accompany their reigns, so do they in the Scriptures and the findings of geology accord. Ten kings appear in the primitive annals, corresponding with the ten patriarchs of the Hebrew Scriptures and the ten rulers of Egyptian chronology. The history of Babylonia like that of most nations begins with a myth, but we are beginning to realize that a deep significance lies beneath old myths. The finds prove that the records and traditions of antiquity were in perfect accord with these new discoveries. What was the original race of these Sumerians, Cassites and Elamites? Recent explorations upon these sites are giving much light upon the subject. The Babylonians were further mixed by Elamite and Cassite conquests. North of Accad were the Semitic tribes which so largely made up the blood of Assyria in later days. The northern division of Babylon was called Accad, comprehending Babylon, the southern Sumer, including Erech and Ur. In Babylonia, however, this culture underwent a rapid development. The pictorial hieroglyphics which made the cuneiform characters were probably invented in Elam.
It is thought that this civilization originated from southern Susiana. In the later days, their language was still cultivated in the ritualistic services until the time. These Sumerians were the inventors of the cuneiform system of writing, which was later adopted by their Semitic conquerors. The Sanskrit books of India, called Chaldea one of the divisions of Cusha-Dwipa, the first organized government of the world. The earliest civilized inhabitants were Sumerians. In fact, they were the sister colonies of a parent state. The foundations of ancient Chaldea were laid as early as those of Egypt.
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