Illogic Book/Page 8
The passing down of the legend[edit | edit source]
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"So, that's the legend that was passed down, in a land that was eventually conquered by ancient Persian rulers. The tellers of the legend followed Persian expansion to Greece, which the MASSIVE Persian Empire did NOT win a war against in the early 5th century BCE. This had a huge effect on one teller of the Bigak legend, who went to Greece to keep the legend safe there. If Persia couldn't conquer Greece, who could?
"The answer turned out to be: Macedon. One ruler managed to conquer Greece, and the next was Alexander the Great, who conquered the whole Persian Empire with all the bells and whistles, beginning in 333 BCE."
"What happened to Lugal-Zage-Si?" some guy interrupted.
"His reign ended when Uruk was conquered in 2333 BCE."
"Hey! These dates are easy to remember! 2333 BCE, 333 BCE..."
"Hey, I never noticed that. Anyway, Alexander's Empire split in pieces when he died, and the pieces were conquered by: Rome. Rome also invaded Britain, and the legend ended up there. Rome fell too, but the legend stayed in Britain. More than a thousand years later, the English began to colonize North America, and the legend ended up in the United States. That explains how the legend got over here from ancient Mesopotamia."