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128 whose personal names incorporated the divine name RA; and _ tablets from the time of the Ur II] Dynasty mention "Dingir Ra" and his temple E.Dingir.Ra. Then, after the fall of that dynasty, when Marduk attained supremacy in his favored city Babylon, its Sume- rian name KA.DINGIR ("Gateway of the Gods") was changed to KA.DINGIR.RA-"Ras Gateway of the Gods." Indeed, as we shall soon show, Marduk's rise to prominence be- gan in Egypt, where its best-known monument—the Great Pyramid of Giza—had played a crucial role in his turbulent career. But the Great God of Egypt, Marduk/Ra, yearned to rule the whole Earth, and to do so from the olden "Navel of the Earth" in Mesopotamia. It was this ambition that led him to abdicate the divine throne of Egypt in favor of his children and grandchildren. Little did he know that this would lead to two Pyramid Wars and a Be THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN to his own near death.