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... Sumerian King List expresses no doubt about the origins of king- ship : it was " lowered down from heaven . " This means ... Sumer or Akkad combined both authority and power , understanding and command : the same qualities that Breasted ...
... Sumerian King List expresses no doubt about the origins of king- ship : it was " lowered down from heaven . " This means ... Sumer or Akkad combined both authority and power , understanding and command : the same qualities that Breasted ...
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... Sumer , where the entire court was simultane- ously massacred in the interior of the royal tomb in Ur in order ... Sumerian deluge myth Ziusudra , the king ( Noah's counterpart ) , is rewarded by the gods An and Enlil , not by a symbolic ...
... Sumer , where the entire court was simultane- ously massacred in the interior of the royal tomb in Ur in order ... Sumerian deluge myth Ziusudra , the king ( Noah's counterpart ) , is rewarded by the gods An and Enlil , not by a symbolic ...
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... Sumerian poem quoted by S. N. Kramer : The pickaxe and the basket built cities The steadfast house the pickaxe builds The ... Sumer , now became potential enemies : each with its own bellicose god , each with its own king , each with its ...
... Sumerian poem quoted by S. N. Kramer : The pickaxe and the basket built cities The steadfast house the pickaxe builds The ... Sumer , now became potential enemies : each with its own bellicose god , each with its own king , each with its ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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