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109 Kingship as an aspect of such high-level civilizations with their hierarchies was created by the Anunnaki to form a parti- tion between themselves and the surging masses of humanity. Before the Deluge Enlil complained that "the noise of Man- kind has become too intense" for him, that "by their uproar I am deprived of sleep." Now the gods retreated to sacred precincts, the step-pyramids (ziggurats) at whose center were called the "E" (literally: House, abode) of the god; and a chosen individual who was permitted to approach close enough to hear the deity's words, then conveyed the divine message to the people. Lest Enlil become unhappy again with humanity, the choice of a king was his prerogative; and in Sumerian what we call "Kingship" was called "Enlilship." We read in the texts that the decision to create Kingship came only after great turmoil and warfare among the Anun- naki themselves—conflicts that we have termed Pyramid Wars in our book The Wars of Gods and Men. These bitter conflicts were halted by a peace treaty that divided the ancient settled world into four regions. Three were allocated to Man- kind, recognizable as the locations of the three great ancient civilizations of the Tigris-Euphrates (Mesopotamia), the Nile River (Egypt, Nubia) and the Indus Valley. The Fourth Re- gion, a neutral zone, was TILMUN ("Land of the Mis- siles")—the Sinai peninsula—where the _ post-Diluvial Spaceport was located. And so it was that to The great Anunnaki who decree the fates sat exchanging their counsels regarding the Earth. The four regions they created, establishing their boundaries. At that time, as the lands were being divided among the Enlilites and the Enki'ites, A king was not yet established over all the teeming peoples; At that time the headband and crown remained unworn; The scepter inlaid with lapis lazuli was not yet brandished; The Gates of Heaven