Nimrod The Rebellious King pt 3

Who is Sargon? Is he Nimrod? This name was mentioned three times in different timeline, Sargon of Agade (Akkad), Sargon I of Assyria, and finally Sargon II of Assyria. Some scholars believed that there is only one Sargon truly existed which is Sargon of Agade, they believed Sargon II of Assyria had all the ancient texts collected and had it rewritten to his liking based on the original Sargon. If you look at the list of king you will only find this name (Sargon) mentioned once in the Agade (Akkad) dynasty. Moreover no ancient text about Sargon of Agade that was written in his own time was found, supports this theory.

Putting that aside, Sargon profile doesn't match with Nimrod. During his reign Sargon managed to destroyed U'rua, Elam and Mari. He was more of a battle warrior than a rebel. In the Genesis, Old Testament and Quran, Nimrod was said to have dreamed a boy would later overthrow him. Sargon on the other hand, believed to be the adopted son of a gardener and later overthrow his King and reign for 56 years. Sargon was (according to scholars) not his real name. After succeeding the throne he renames himself Sargon which means "The True King". It's pretty common in the past that a king would rename himself. In Sargon's case he probably need it since he was originally a cupbearer and he depose his king and claimed the throne. What better name than "The True King"? Hehehe... Moreover, Agade dynasty was way before Babylon existed, whereas Nimrod was supposed to be the ruler of Babel (Babylon). So I would put Sargon aside as well.

What about Gilgamesh? He was a famous fictional character in the 12 tablets found. "Epic of Gilgamesh", is one of the best work of early literature in the Mesopotamian mythology, but that's about it. There are no other records that could confirm his existence, however scholars didn't ruled out that he might be one of the great King in Uruk dynasty. So is he Nimrod? Uruk dynasty was during the Sumerian era so I would ruled out his connection with Nimrod since the timeline doesn't fit. However his chronology was quite fun to read, Gilgamesh was believed to be demi-god-human and the son of the goddess Rilmat Ninsun. On the 11th tablet recorded stories that somewhat related to the big flood. So if his existance was real, he couldn't be Nimrod whose empire existed after the great flood.

Well, what about Enmekar? Well I'll tell you about him in later post. I'm hungry.. I can't write when I'm hungry and I almost couldn't finish writing about Sargon... Hehehe...Until then, have a good day / night / rest. Ciao~

Nimrod The Rebellious King pt2

Nimrod! Is he one of the evil Pharaoh? Gilgamesh? Enmerkar? If you read my previous post I've stated that Nimrod was linked to these big shots. Other names also said to have similarity with Nimrod are Sargon and Apil-Sin. Wow! I wonder if these great people are even happy to be linked with Nimrod, other than his great success building a great empire, tales tells that Nimrod died in a horrible death.

In the Old Testament another name was mentioned, that some scholar thinks is referring to Nimrod, this character was Amraphel. However later on they dismissed that Amraphel was a name of a person as this name was never mentioned in other records outside the Old Testament (Bible). They come to the conclusion that Amraphel (a.k.a. Ammirapaltu) was not a real name but an appellation. Many scholars believed that he was probably Hammurabi. According to the scholars phonetacilly the two names are identical thus believed to be the same person. This is just a theory that is still open for debates and I would like to discuss more in later post.

If you look a the Babylon list of Kings, you will not be able to find Amraphel name, which supports the debates that it's not a real name. Unfortunately, most of the ancient texts have missing parts or illegible writings therefore is not easy to make any further reference on this character. Now including Amraphel there were six names linked with Nimrod. So which one is he? Let's look at the bits of information that we have.

In the Old Testament (Bible), in Genesis (the first part of Torah), etc he was said to be the founder and king to the first empire after the great flood. His reign including the towns of Babel (Babylon), Erech (Uruk), Accad (Akkad), and Calneh in the land of Shinar. In the Quran he was referred as King Namrud, the ruler of Babylon whom later challenged by Abraham (Ibrahim a.s).

Lets look at Apil-Sin profile. Now after reading the record of his achievements I don't see anything that hint any rebellious act unto his GOD. Most of the records tells of what he did during his reign, which he had (his people to) dig canals, restore temples, building city walls/gate, making throne dais made of silver and gold, etc... He even built a throne made of gold for the god Marduk. *one of the records are about he shaved and clean himself... either the decipherer had gone mental translating everything... or this record hold a significant meaning in the Babylonian culture, probably a great holy thing in the past. I wonder what they feel about shower.. *

As stated in the Genesis and Old Testament, Nimrod was the king of a great empire after the great flood. According to the Quran Nimrod was the king of Babylon. However during Apil-Sin reign, he was the 4th king of Babylon that was not yet an empire. So I would dismiss him as the rebellious Nimrod.

What about Sargon? Aaa... I'll tell in the next post if anyone interested to read or if I’m in the mood. Hahaha.. Ciao.

Nimrod The Rebellious King - pt 1

It's been a long time since I've post anything at all. I was caught up with a lot of interesting researches that revolves around ancient cultures and at the same time I was following an interesting read on Nibiru by Aiso in his blog Midnight. Originally, I was planning to write about the battle between Alexander versus Cyrus after posting Who Built The Caspians Gates? (posted in a different blog). I was going to reveal that Alexander was not so great after all (blaahh I'm writing from my own perspective after reading materials about him and his battle with Cyrus... so if you are a fan of Alexander, you'll be glad that I didn't write it at all). However I came upon Nimrod. No I'm not talking about the song by Green Day, I'm talking about the king that built a great empire after the great flood, and just so you know he is the first to have a crown on his head which he claimed sent to him from Heaven *chuckle... If that's the case I might as well ask heaven to deliver me some pizza right now coz I'm hungry* and according to many articles he called himself God. I also plans to write about Gugoryeo, a heavenly kingdom in Korea or so they claimed, which is now part of China... and many more tales including the great astrologer of the Mah family who invented the 1000 years Calendar and the globe thingy, he might originated from Middle East.. I'm a mess ooooooo~! I want to tell you everything that I've learned..So you see, I can't make up my mind on which to write next. So I toss a coin and viola!!! Nimrod it is!!... hehehe..

First of all, who is Nimrod? Nimrod aka Nimrud aka Namrud was mentioned in the Bible, in the Quran, and other records including ancient tablets. However, Nimrod is not a name, Nimrod came from a hebrew word that means the rebel or we will rebel. However if you type in Wiki he was said to be the Mesopotamian King known as the 'Mighty Hunter'. He is the son of Cush who is the son of Ham who is the son of Noah. However in Sumerian geneology he was known as Enmeker, the son of Meskiagkasher, who is the son of Ham, who is the son of Utnapishtim... phew such a difficult name to pronounce and remember >.<"""

Why is he known as the rebel, this great king? There are so many reasons behind it, and the one famous reason that many different religious teachings shared in common is that he refused to follow the way or teachings of God. He taught his men not to fear God but to worship him as he is as great as God. Some scholars believed that he was responsible for the construction of the Babel Tower, which in some text said to revenged God, that if another great flood happens again God will not be able to drown him and his people. Well, maybe he was sulking because he lost everything dear, or maybe he actually fear there will be another great flood coming which makes sense since the Sumerian already depicted another catastrophe that might cause another big flood. He might have thought he still lives by that fateful day since *ahem* he is going to live forever and since he is after all as he claimed himself to be *ahem ahem* GOD. If you wanna know about the catastrophe that I mentioned, you can read it in Aiso blog, it's really fun and easy to follow.

Some scholars link Nimrod with one of the evil Pharaoh, another famous bad ass link to him is Gilgamesh. Which is true? If you look at the Sumerian list of king, Gilgamesh and Enmeker were two different person. I'll write about this in the next post and lets us ponder and discuss it together. Though it is not entirely facts proven, there is no denying - until scientist/scholars/researchers proven otherwise - that it could be TRUE! It might be added a little spice to make the story not bland, imagination is the only thing they had besides other numerous desires I'm sure you all know *ehem*, so exaggeration was a necessity since there was no tv to entertain back then. Hahaha.... I'm just being sarcastic and making wild guesses here so don't take me word for word. Oh well, look at the time it's already past 5 and I have guests coming over for NO-DINNER. Maybe if I asked heaven, my guess WILL bring pizza to my place lol... just kidding. Next post, hopefully it will be anytime soon..