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348 2193 2180 His coup frustrated. Marduk/Ru returns to Egypt, deposes Thoth, seizes his younger brother Dumuzi, who had betrothed Inanna. Dumuzi accidentally killed: Marduk imprisoned alive in the Great Pyramid. Freed through an emergency shaft, he goes into exile. 3100 350 years of chaos end with installation of first Egyp- tian Pharaoh in Memphis. Civilization comes to the Second Region. 2900 Kingship in Sumer transferred to Erech. Inanna given dominion over the Third Region; the Indus Valley civ- we Lente 2650 Sumer's royal capital shifts about. Kingship deterio- rates. Enlil loses patience with the unruly human multitudes. 2371 Inanna falls in love with Sharru-Kin (Sargon). He es- tablishes new capital city. Agade (Akkad). Akkadian empire launched. 2316 Aiming to rule the Four Regions, Sargon removes sa- cred soil from Babylon. The Marduk-Inanna conflict flares up again. It ends when Nergal. Marduk's brother, journeys from south Africa to Babylon and persuades Marduk to leave Mesopotamia. 2291 Naram-Sin ascends the throne of Akkad. Directed by the warlike Inanna. he penetrates the Sinai peninsula, invades Egypt. 2255 Inanna usurps the power in Mesopotamia; Naram-Sin defiles Nippur. The Great Anunnaki obliterate Agade. Inanna escapes. Sumer and Akkad occupied by for- eign troops loyal to Enlil and Ninurta. 2220 Sumerian civilization rises to new heights under en- lightened rulers of Lagash. Thoth helps its king Gudea build a ziggurat-temple for Ninurta. Terah, Abraham's fz priestly-royal family. Abraham's father, born in Nippur into Egypt divided; followers of Ra/Marduk retain the south; Pharaohs opposed to him gain the throne of lower Egypt. followers the THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN ilization begins. of Ra/Marduk retain