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发帖数: 1166 | 1 About the author of The Earth Chronicles, also from dust cover...
"Zecharia Sitchin was raised in Palestine, where he acquired a profound
knowledge of modern and ancient Hebrew, other Semitic and European languages
, the Old Testament, and the history and archaeology of the Near East. He
attended the London School of Economics and Political Science and graduated
from the University of London, majoring in economic history. A leading
journalist and editor in Israel for many years, he now lives and writes in
New York. One of the few scholars able to read and understand Sumerian,
Sitchin has based The Earth Chronicles, his recent series of books dealing
with Earth's and man's histories and prehistories, on the information and
texts written down on clay tablets by the ancient civilizations of the Near
East. His books have been widely translated, reprinted in paperback editions
, converted to Braille for the blind."
I. Events Before the Deluge
Years Ago
450,000 On Nibiru, a distant member of our solar system, life faces slow
extinction as the planet's atmosphere erodes. Deposed by Anu, the ruler
Alalu escapes in a spaceship and finds refuge on Earth. He discovers that
Earth has gold that can be used to protect Nibiru's atmosphere.
445,000 Led by Enki, a son of Anu, the Anunnaki land on Earth, establish
Eridu - Earth Station I - for extracting gold from the waters of the Persian
Gulf.
430,000 Earth's climate mellows. More Anunnaki arrive on Earth, among them
Enki's half-sister Ninhursag, Chief Medical Officer.
416,000 As gold production falters, Anu arrives on Earth with Enlil, the
heir apparent. It is decided to obtain the vital gold by mining it in
southern Africa. Drawing lots, Enlil wins command of Earth Mission; Enki is
relegated to Africa. On departing Earth, Anu is challenged by Alalu's
grandson.
400,000 Seven functional settlements in southern Mesopotamia include a
Spaceport (Sippar), Mission Control Center (Nippur), a metallurgical center
(Shuruppak). The ores arrive by ships from Africa; the refined metal is sent
aloft to orbiters manned by Igigi, then transferred to spaceships arriving
periodically from Nibiru.
380,000 Gaining the support of the Igigi, Alalu's grandson attempts to seize
mastery over Earth. The Enlilites win the War of the Olden Gods.
300,000 The Anunnaki toiling in the gold mines mutiny. Enki and
Ninhursag create Primitive Workers through genetic manipulation of Ape woman
; they take over the manual chores of the Anunnaki. Enlil raids the mines,
brings the Primitive Workers to the Edin in Mesopotamia. Given the ability
to procreate, Homo Sapiens begins to multiply.
200,000 Life on Earth regresses during a new glacial period.
100,000 Climate warms again. The Anunnaki (the biblical Nefilim), to Enlil's
growing annoyance marry the daughters of Man.
75,000 The "accursation of Earth" - a new Ice Age-begins. Regressive types
of Man roam the Earth . Cro-Magnon man survives.
49,000 Enki and Ninhursag elevate humans of Anunnaki parentage to rule in
Shuruppak. Enlil, enraged. plots Mankind's demise.
13,000 Realizing that the passage of Nibiru in Earth's proximity will
trigger an immense tidal wave, Enlil makes the Anunnaki swear to keep the
impending calamity a secret from Mankind.
II. Events After the Deluge
B.C.
11,000 Enki breaks the oath, instructs Ziusudra/Noah to build a submersible
ship. The Deluge sweeps over the Earth; the Anunnaki witness the total
destruction from their orbiting spacecraft.
Enlil agrees to grant the remnants of Mankind implements and seeds;
agriculture begins in the highlands. Enki domesticates animals.
10,500 The descendants of Noah are allotted three regions. Ninurta, Enlil's
foremost son, dams the mountains and drains the rivers to make Mesopotamia
habitable; Enki reclaims the Nile valley. The Sinai peninsula is retained by
the Anunnaki for a post-diluvial spaceport; a control center is established
on Mount Moriah (the future Jerusalem).
9780 Ra/Marduk, Enki's firstborn son, divides dominion over Egypt between
Osiris and Seth.
9330 Seth seizes and dismembers Osiris, assumes sole rule over the Nile
Valley.
8970 Horus avenges his father Osiris by launching the First Pyramid War.
Seth escapes to Asia, seizes the Sinai peninsula and Canaan.
8670 Opposed to the resulting control of all the space facilities by Enki's
descendants, the Enlilites launch the Second Pyramid War. The victorious
Ninurta empties the Great Pyramid of its equipment.
Ninhursag, half-sister of Enki and Enlil, convenes peace conference. The
division of Earth is reaffirmed. Rule over Egypt transferred from the Ra/
Marduk dynasty to that of Thoth. Heliopolis built as a substitute Beacon
City.
8500 The Anunnaki establish outposts at the gateway to the space facilities;
Jericho is one of them.
7400 As the era of peace continues, the Anunnaki grant Mankind new advances;
the Neolithic period begins. Demigods rule over Egypt.
3800 Urban civilization begins in Sumer as the Anunnaki reestablish there
the Olden Cities, beginning with Eridu and Nippur.
Anu comes to Earth for a pageantful visit. A new city, Uruk (Erech), is
built in his honor; he makes its temple the abode of his beloved
granddaughter Inanna/lshtar.
III. Kingship on Earth
3760 Mankind granted kingship. Kish is first capital under the aegis of
Ninurta. The calendar begun at Nippur. Civilization blossoms out in Sumer (
the First Region).
3450 Primacy in Sumer transferred to Nannar/Sin. Marduk proclaims Babylon "
Gateway of the Gods." The "Tower of Babel" incident. The Anunnaki confuse
Mankind's languages.
His coup frustrated, Marduk/Ra 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 Egyptian 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 Civilization begins.
2650 Sumer's royal capital shifts about. Kingship deteriorates. Enlil loses
patience with the unruly human multitudes.
2371 Inanna falls in love with Sharru-Kin (Sargon). He establishes new
capital city. Agade (Akkad). Akkadian empire launched.
2316 Aiming to rule the four regions, Sargon removes sacred 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 defies Nippur. The
Great Anunnaki obliterate Agade. Inanna escapes. Sumer and Akkad occupied by
foreign troops loyal to Enlil and Ninurta.
2220 Sumerian civilization rises to new heights under enlightened rulers of
Lagash. Thoth helps its king Gudea build a ziggurat-temple for Ninurta.
2193 Terah, Abraham's father, born in Nippur into a priestly-royal family.
2180 Egypt divided; followers of Ra/Marduk retain the south; Pharaohs
opposed to him gain the throne of lower Egypt.
2130 As Enlil and Ninurta are increasingly away, central authority also
deteriorates in Mesopotamia. Inanna's attempts to regain the kingship for
Erech does not last.
The Fateful Century
B.C.
2123 Abraham born in Nippur.
2113 Enlil entrusts the Lands of Shem to Nannar; Ur declared capital of new
empire. Ur- Nammmu ascends throne, is named Protector of Nippur. A Nippurian
priest-Terah, Abraham's father - comes to Ur to liaison with its royal
court.
2096 Ur-Nammu dies in battle. The people consider his untimely death a
betrayal by Anu and Enlil. Terah departs with his family for Harran.
2095 Shulgi ascends the throne of Ur, strengthens imperial ties. As empire
thrives, Shulgi falls under charms of Inanna, becomes her lover. Grants
Larsa to Elamites in exchange for serving as his Foreign Legion.
2080 Theban princes loyal to Ra/Marduk press northward under Mentuhotep I.
Nabu, Marduk's son, gains adherents for his father in Western Asia.
2055 On Nannar's orders, Shulgi sends Elamite troops to suppress unrest in
Canaanite cities. Elamites reach the gateway to the Sinai peninsula and its
Spaceport.
2048 Shulgi dies. Marduk moves to the Land of the Hittites. Abraham ordered
to southern Canaan with an elite corps of cavalrymen.
2047 Amar-Sin (the biblical Amraphel) becomes king of Ur. Abraham goes to
Egypt, stays five years, then returns with more troops.
2041 Guided by Inanna, Amar-Sin forms a coalition of Kings of the East,
launches military expedition to Canaan and the Sinai. Its leader is the
Elamite Khedor-la'omer. Abraham blocks the advance at the gateway to the
Spaceport.
2038 Shu-Sin replaces Amar-Sin on throne of Ur as the empire disintegrates.
2029 Ibbi-Sin replaces Shu-Sin. The western provinces increasingly to Marduk.
2024 Leading his followers, Marduk marches on Sumer, enthrones himself in
Babylon. Fighting spreads to central Mesopotamia. Nippur's Holy of Holies is
defiled. Enlil demands punishment for Marduk and Nabu; Enki opposes, but
his son Nergal sides with Enlil.
As Nabu marshals his Canaanite followers to capture the Spaceport, the Great
Anunnaki approve of the use of nuclear weapons. Nergal and Ninurta destroy
the Spaceport and the errant Canaanite cities.
2023 The winds carry the radioactive cloud to Sumer. People die a terrible
death, animals perish, the water is poisoned, the soil becomes barren. Sumer
and its great civilization lie prostrate. Its legacy passes to Abraham's
seed as he begets -at age 100- a legitimate heir: Isaac.
(All of the above was taken from Zecharia Sitchin's EARTH CHRONICLES |
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