Page Content (OCR)
184 Fig. 56 first urban settlement in Jericho (from circa 8500 B.c. to 7000 B.C.) exactly matches the period which, according to Manetho, encom- passed the reign of Thoth in Egypt (from about 8670 to 7100 B.c). His accession, as we have seen from the Mesopotamian texts, fol- lowed the Peace Conference. Egyptian texts say of his accession that it was pronounced "in the presence of the Determiners of Annu, following the night of the battle" and after he had helped "defeat the Storm Wind" (Adad) "and the Whirlwind" (Ninurta), and then as- sisted in "making the two combatants be at peace." The period the Egyptians associated with the reign of Thoth was a time of peace among the gods, when the Anunnaki first and fore- most established settlements relating to the construction and pro- tection of the new space facilities. The sea lane to Egypt and Tilmun, via the Red Sea, had to be augmented by a land route that could connect Mesopotamia with the Mission Control Center and the Spaceport. From time imme- THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN