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**Part - A
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In the west central region of the continent of Asia there is a high mountain, **Armenia by name. From the southern of that mountain issue two rivers which run out in two streams until they meet at Shattal-Arab, whence their confluence flowing into the Persian Gulf. The Arabs call one of the river Furat, and the other Dijlat. To the English they are Eupharates **and the Tigris respectively. Greek geographers named land lying in between them Mesopotamia, meaning âland between riversâ. Now the region has come to known by the name of Iraq.
It is generally believed that it was in Mesopotamia that the oldest known human civilisation throve. Modern historians call it the Sumerian Civilization. Researchers assume that it could date back as far as 6000 or 7000 B.C. H.G. Wells, the famous English historian, records in his **A Short History of the World **that by about six thousand or seven thousand B.C. some semi-cultured communes, which could compare favourably to the excavated Peruvian culture, had taken shape in the fertile regions of Aisa and in the valley of Nile. But it was in the southern parts of Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Egypt that towns, temples and irrigation scheme first appear, as well as the signs of social set-up of higher level than the village communes. In those days, the Euphrates and the Tigris reached the Persian bay through different channels,. It was in the area between these two rivers, observes Wells, that the **Sumerians **first built their towns.
Archaeologists of the present day have also determined the physiognomy of the Sumerians. They were of brown colour with a jutting nose.
Reckoned thus, historians of our day have themselves calculated for the history of Sumerian culture an age of eight or nine thousand years. But according to the Sumerian mythology their history is older still. The priestly historians of Sumer undertook, some time about the year 2300 B.C., a search after the ancient history of their nation. Their conclusion was that before the Deluge ten dynasties had reigned over for 432,000 years. Similarly, Berasus, a temple-priest of **Babylon **who lived around the year 400 B.C. had also written history of land. Although the original book is not extant, quotations from it have been copies by **Jewish **and Greek historians in their works. berasus too has endorsed the calculation mentioned above.
*Add a Zero to this figure and it make a **Manu-antara **according to **Indian **mythology. Mythologically the reign of one **Manu **covers 4,320,000 human years, while the Babylonian mythology records the period before the Deluge as 432,000 years. Therefore, many assume that there is some connection between the two records, and that a zero could inadvertently have crept into or been missed out from one while transcribing it from the other. And this surmise cannot be summarily ruled out.
*Such computation and records are howerver unacceptable to the modern students of history. They would accept only that chronology which is proved by archaeological investigations. Even by such subtler and more factual accounts, the Sumerian civilization records as antiquity of over 8,000 years. **Krishna Chaitanya, **author of **History of Mesopotamian Literature, **a work in Malayalam language writes: **There are evidence prove that dynasties ruled over Nippur in 5,262 B.C., over Kish in 4,500 B.C. and over Ur in 3,500 B.C. **
**Noah **is a celebrated man mentioned both in the **Old Testament **of the Bible and in the Qurâan; he has been described as the first reformer of mankind. One tradition reported by both **Imam Bukhari **and **Imam Muslim **has ranked him as Awwal-ur-Rasul (the First Messenger of God). Convincing arguments have been put forward by Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, a stalwart among modern Muslim scholars, to prove that the missionary centre of Noah was Mesopotamia. That Prophet Noah was a Sumerian thus carries conviction. Besides, the story of the Deluge, related alike by the Bible and the Quran to have taken place in Noahâs time, is the subject-mattr of many an inscription excavated in Iraq. Jrishna Chaitayna writes: Babylonian literature provides many versions of a great flood that destroyed the world and the human race. In the last of these, the story narrated in a long poem celebrating the heroic feats of Gilgamesh.
The Bible says that only Noah and a few other men and animals survived that historic flood. All the rest were drowned in it. Noah and his companions sought refuge in a ship or âarkâ. After the flood the ark rested on top of a mountain. Its Biblical name is Ararat, and the Quran calls it Al Judi. Maulana Azad maintains that they are not different, and that present research has proved that what is meant is Armenia Mountain. In any case, the Quran and the Bible agree that the only post-diluvian survivals were Noah and his disciples.
Until recently many had though of the story of the Deluge as mere religious myth devoid of even the slightest historical foundation. But now this nation has apparently got amended a little. T.C. Shankara Menon records thus in his work on archaeology in the Malayalam language, **Voices from Beyond the Centureis: **The story goes that a great flood inundated the entire world and that quite a few men and animals on board Noahâs ship escaped. Till recently all necessary evidences of these events having actually taken place had not been available. But now, an object resembling a shipâs bow has been discovered on top of a six thousand foot high mountain among the Ararat ranges in Asia Minor. At present it is visible only as a somewhta thick line, jutting out of the surface. Its other parts are all stuck fast, having been filled over by mud, stones and lava. This giant bow is shaped like a lotus petal, about four hundred and fifty feet down, its bottoms showed up. The Bible (Genesis 6:15) give measurements of Noahâs ark which conform to these measurements. This subject was first noticed by members of the Turkish Air Force. Further information is being gathered by the Research section of their Military Department.
All these go to prove that the centre of Noahâs mission was Mesopotamia. It must have been his successors, the Sumerian people, who founded the Mesopotamian cultural edifice. According to the Bible, post-diluvian mankind was the offspring of Noah, since all others found in the Flood their watery graves. The Bible mentions that when he disembarked, Noah had with him only his three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, and their children, and that mankind was repopulated from them **(Genesis 9:18). **Whether or not this account is complete, we have noted previously the declaration of the Quran that mankind is born of a man and a woman **(Chapter 49 Verse 13). **
The Quran declares in no uncertain terms that the great Prophet Noah invited his people to monotheism (Quran 7:59).
And this means that his disciples, who settled in Mesopotamia after his time were worshippers of the One God. In other words, the architects of the Sumerian culture, the most ancient among the know civilisations, stood for, lived and survived on the basis of genuine truth and religion. Deviations and variations are thus subsequent developments.
***References:
1- Short History of the World by H.G. Wells. PP 68-69
2- Ibid P.69
3- History of Mesopotamian by Krishna Literature P.13-14, 49
4- Arsul Quran by Moulana Nadwi, P.135 Vol-1
5- Our Oriental Heritage (1954 Edn, P.120)
6- Ponjikkara Rafi "Kali Yagam P.185
7- Sahih Bukhari & Muslim - Chapter 'Shafaâat (intercession).
8- Tarjumanal Quran by Mr. Azad Vol.2 PP.192-193
9- Voice from Beyond the Centuries, by Shankara Menon (a.S.P.S. Publication) PP,86-97***
was no doubt is the âwords of true Godâ. Those research were analyzied many many times and proven 100% correct not by one but many many other scientist too and its was accepted as âfactâ. U r free either you believe it or dont, its ur choice ur life.