I was a priest in the city-state era

The eight cities of the Babylonian Kingdom are the capital Babylon, Sippar, Tutubo, Kuta, Kish, Persippar, Dilbatchen, and Marad.

Marduk, the patron god of Babylon, is also the patron god of the Babylonian Kingdom and the king of gods.

The patron god of Sippar is Utu, the sun god.

The patron god of Kuta is Nergal, the god of the underworld.

The patron god of Kish is Zababa, the god of war.

The patron god of Persippar is Nabu, the god of writing.

The patron god of Dilbatchen is Urash, the goddess of the earth.

The patron god of Marad is Ninurta, the god of agriculture and war.

Among these many city-states, Babylon, Sippar, and Kish were once the hegemons.

Utu, the sun god who guarded the city of Sippar, and Zababa, the god of war who guarded the city of Kish, were both kings of gods who were above all other gods when the cities of Sippar and Kish dominated the Mesopotamian region.

Marduk [Zeus], ​​the god of thunder and war who guarded the city of Babylon, is now the king of gods in the Mesopotamian region.

Three thousand years BC was a watershed in the history of the Sumerians.

The era before this was called the era before the Great Flood.

The myth of the Great Flood that originated in the Mesopotamian region not only influenced Greek mythology, but also the almighty god of the light tribe.

The so-called Great Flood that destroyed the world may refer to some kind of catastrophe.

This catastrophe may be a flood caused by the diversion of the lower reaches of the Mesopotamian region, or it may be other forms of catastrophe.

For example, the ancient Aryans on horseback invaded the Mesopotamian plain like a torrent.

Before the Great Flood, the Sumerians recorded five city-states that established hegemony.

The first city-state to establish hegemony was Eridu, guarded by the water god Enki.

The second city-state to establish hegemony was Bad-tibira, guarded by the shepherd god Dumuzi.

The third city-state to establish hegemony was Lalak, guarded by the plant god Papilsag.

The fourth city-state to establish hegemony was Sippar, guarded by the sun god Utu.

The fifth city-state to establish hegemony was Shuruppak, guarded by the war god Sud.

After the Great Flood, Kish, guarded by the war god Zababa, became the first hegemonic city-state after the Great Flood.

Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, guarded by the Venus goddess Inanna, the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, defeated Agha, the king of Kish, and made Uruk the second hegemonic city-state after the Great Flood.

Ur, guarded by the moon god Nanna, became the third hegemonic city-state after the Great Flood.

After the city of Awan in the Elam region in the southwest of the Persian Plateau defeated the city of Ur, the city of Awan, guarded by the sun god Issinak, became the fourth hegemonic city-state.

The city of Adab, guarded by the goddess of the earth and the sea, Ninhursag, was the fifth hegemonic city-state after the Great Flood.

The city of Mari, guarded by Mer [Zeus] worshipped by the Akkadians, a branch of the ancient Aryans, was the sixth hegemonic city-state after the Great Flood.

The city of Akkad, guarded by Hadad [Mer Marduk Zeus], ​​was the seventh hegemonic city-state after the Great Flood.

The city of Isin, guarded by the healing goddess Gura, was the eighth hegemonic city-state after the Great Flood.

The city of Larsa, guarded by the sun god Utu, was the ninth hegemonic city-state after the Great Flood.

The city of Babylon, guarded by Marduk, the god of thunder and the god of war, was the tenth hegemonic city-state after the Great Flood.

Among these fifteen hegemonic city-states, none of them worshipped the sky god An in Babylonian mythology.

More specifically, no city-state in the Mesopotamian region worships the god An.

The god An is just a supreme god made up in mythology, not a god worshipped in real history.

Although Enlil, the god of earth and air in the mythology of the Mesopotamian region, is the patron god of the holy city of Nippur, Nippur is not a hegemonic city-state in Sumerian history.

Perhaps Nippur has a special status because it is located in the center of the Sumerian region and has become a neutral area for meetings of various city-states in the Sumerian region.

Because of the special status of Nippur, Enlil, the patron god of Nippur, also has a special status in mythology.

Enlil, like the god An, is regarded as the king of gods in mythology precisely because they are not the king of gods in real history.

If Enlil and the god An were the king of gods in reality, they would be deprived of their status as the king of gods by the city-states and patron gods who seized hegemony because of the struggle for hegemony between the city-states.

In the Greek mythology of another world, Uranus, the god of the sky, was worshipped as the first generation of gods, and Kronos was named the second generation of the king of gods, because they were not gods in reality and were not worshipped as patron gods by a certain city-state in reality.

If in real history, Uranus and Kronos were worshipped as the king of gods by a certain city-state, the Mycenaeans who made up the myth would instead belittle them and demote them to the sons or brothers of Zeus.

For example, Apollo [Smythus] in the northwest of the Asia Minor Peninsula had a powerful authority like the king of gods in the Troy region.

After the Greeks colonized the Asia Minor Peninsula, they demoted Apollo to the son of Zeus.

The city of Sippar.

The 20,000 troops defending the city rushed out of the city, ready to fight a decisive battle with the Hittite army.

Southeast of the city of Sippar.

Ten thousand reinforcements from the city of Kuta are approaching the city of Sippar.

Although the reinforcements from Kuta City had a numerical advantage, Roy was still prepared to lead his 5,000 cavalry to intercept them.

Just as Roy was about to order the soldiers to follow him in the charge, Roy suddenly widened his eyes in shock.

Because Roy suddenly saw six thousand-meter-tall gods following behind the reinforcements from Kuta City.

"That's -- Marduk [Zeus], ​​the king of the gods! Nergal [Hades], the god of the underworld! Zababa, the god of war! Nabu, the god of writing! Urash, the goddess of the earth! Ninurta, the god of agriculture and war!"

Seeing the huge figures of these six gods, Roy couldn't help but take a breath.

Although theoretically, Roy's soldiers have various advantages, even if 5,000 enemies are 10,000, they can crush the reinforcements from Kuta City, but there are too many gods in the enemy camp.

As long as these gods interfere in the war together, Roy will definitely lose in the end.

After just a little hesitation, Roy turned around and fled with his 5,000 troops.

After the Athenian army joined the Hittite army, Roy immediately found Selene.

"Hatepna - Goddess Selene! The Kingdom of Babylon not only sent 10,000 reinforcements from Kuta City, but also six gods to participate in this war. What should we do now?"

Hearing Roy's anxious inquiry, Selene glanced at the six gods who came with the 10,000 reinforcements from Kuta City, and then said calmly.

"What are you afraid of? I heard that your Athenian Empire has more than a dozen city-state patron gods."

"This is far away from the Mesopotamian Basin of the Athenian Empire!"

Roy explained with a wry smile.

"Even if I summon the goddess of the Athenian Empire, I am afraid that only the goddess Aphrodite, as the patron saint of the Phoenician region, can exert a powerful combat power."

"Then leave them to me!"

Selene said confidently.

"I can defeat them all by myself."

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