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It seems that my guess is right. After checking the clues obtained through the key image search several times, Liang En nodded with satisfaction. I think I know where this place is now.

Really, what is this place? Joan of Arc asked excitedly, because she knew that once this problem was solved, their archaeological work should be successfully completed.

Uruk Liang En said, pointing to the name he just entered. If these written records are correct, then this is the legendary city of Uruk.

The Mesopotamia where Uruk is located is the site of the earliest ancient civilization of mankind. As early as about 3400-3100 BC, the Sumerians established civilization here.

They slowly expanded outwards with the city of Uruk as the center, and established the Ummah Kingdom around 2400 BC. The then king Lugar-Gilgamesh established a horizontal empire with Uruk as the capital. A great kingdom spanning two river basins.

However, as the glory of the city-states such as Uruk and Ur gradually declined, the Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia experienced the conquest and rule of the northern Akkadians. At one time, there were many regimes and frequent changes.

It was not until the 19th century BC that a new force established Babylonia in the city of Babylon northwest of Uruk, known in history as the Old Babylonian Dynasty.

Then hundreds of years passed, and by the 18th century BC, Babylon completely conquered the Sumerians and Akkadians and unified the two river basins.

During this process, the weakened Ummah Kingdom was annexed, and the city of Uruk was also occupied by the Akkadian Kingdom. However, Uruk, the original capital, was still an important city in this period.

In the subsequent history, Uruk continued to decline. In the third century AD, the Sasanian Persian Dynasty occupied the city and the entire city gradually declined until it was completely abandoned in the seventh century AD.

But it has to be said that this city has a long life. It has developed from 3000 BC to the 7th century AD. It was not until it was involved in the war that two rivers overflowed. The rivers changed their courses and the irrigation system was damaged, causing the soil to become salinized and unsuitable for human habitation. was abandoned.

In another world, this ruins was discovered by the Germans at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, and then the history of the city was gradually restored. But in this world, Liang En and the others re-discovered the city from history. people.

Prior to this, the city had been recorded in ruins discovered elsewhere, but due to local chaos, no one had ever found and identified the ruins of the city.

According to the current investigation results, the characters discovered here should be regarded as the earliest human characters. It predates previous writings found at Ur by at least several hundred years.

This is a very important discovery from a historical perspective. Because the invention of writing has overcome the limitations of language communication in time and space, it has enabled fleeting language to be transmitted to different places and retained in different times, which is conducive to communication.

At the same time, words can better record human cultural activities and pass on knowledge through written language. If language can help humans get rid of the instinctive lifestyle of animals, then writing can help humans enter a civilized state from a primitive state of ignorance.

But for ordinary people in modern times, the most important impression of this city comes from Gilgamesh, the son of Lugalbanda and the fifth king of Uruk.

Although the Sumerians entered the stage of history early, their civilization was beyond imagination. However, despite having developed civilization and mature writing, they lacked the concept of recording history books.

As a result, many important figures were buried in obscurity. It was not until around 1900 BC that anyone verified and recorded the rulers of the First Dynasty of Uruk. Among them, the identity card of Gilgamesh, the most famous fifth-generation monarch of the First Dynasty of Uruk today, is confirmed by this Sumerian King List.

Although there are not many records of what Gilgamesh did, shortly after his death, his temples appeared in many city-states in Sumer, worshiping him as a god.

Some rulers would even improve their status by marrying him, which shows that this king is indeed respected by others. At the same time, folklore also emerges in endlessly.

In many sites throughout the Mesopotamia, people have found short stories about it written on boards using hieroglyphics over the past hundreds of years. In the Babylonian period, some people would compile these short stories into a long narrative poem, which is the famous Epic of Gilgamesh.

One of the clay tablets that Liang En and the others put together before was a short story about worshiping gods. However, at the end of the story, it was mentioned that the god was worshiped in Gilgamesh's hometown. This proved from the side that this place was a Ukrainian Rook.

In addition, their previous large-scale survey found the ruins of Uruk's city wall that had been reduced to a series of inconspicuous mounds, and another clay tablet distributing beer specifically mentioned that they were repairing Gilgameshliu. Work on the lower city walls.

Uruk, Gilgamesh, it seems that this time we should have found the origins of some of the oldest legends of mankind. After sorting through all the existing evidence, Liang En said to Joan with a smile.

This is definitely a valuable discovery because people have been trying to find detailed records about this king since the discovery of the Epic of Gilgamesh a century ago.

It is a pity that since the 20th century, the entire Mesopotamia has been in chaos for a long time. So it is not until now that we have actually found this legendary ruins.

Sounds good, because a famous relic is obviously more valuable than an unfamous relic, at least in the field of publicity. Joan of Arc nodded.

More importantly, the Golden Dawn side should be very happy. Because from the perspective of mysticism, this should be regarded as a real mythical relic. Maybe they can find some things from their own perspective that ordinary historians cannot find. s things.

The thing that Joan of Arc is talking about that cannot be found is definitely not extraordinary power. After all, such a thing does not exist in this world. However, compared with ordinary historians, they are indeed the world's top experts in mythology and folklore research.

In ancient times, worship of gods was very important, even more important than ordinary agricultural and animal husbandry production. Therefore, understanding this knowledge can be said to have solved at least half of the mysteries of this city.

Sure enough, when Liang En disclosed his discovery, the entire camp was in jubilation, because for everyone, it was absolutely exciting to find such a relic that could be recorded in the annals of history. ,

This is especially true for the Golden Dawn. They said they would mobilize their forces as quickly as possible to join the work here, because for them this is definitely the most attractive thing.

For example, this is the case for the two professors of the Golden Dawn who are here now. After learning this, they immediately gave up their original inspection of the temple and went to the north of everything to start studying the city wall.

The reason is also very simple, because this city wall was built by Gilgamesh's personal order in the epic, and it is also the only political achievement with historical records, so they hope to take this opportunity to have close contact with the gods.