I
want to talk about the time in which the mind of the people changed. In the
first civilizations, such as the Egyptian or the Mesopotamian, everything that
happened belonged to the first memory. Those cultures thought that all things had
to be the reflection of the primeval time, a time when the first king of the
civilizations had done something wonderful that turned him into the eternal God
of his people, the chosen people. If something wasn’t as in the primeval time
it was evil and had to be removed. That is why all the Pharaohs had the same
face and the same body, all the Kings of the ancient Egypt were the same God
and had to do the same acts. They were caught in the eternal cycle of time,
known as the eternal return. We can always see that the Pharaoh appears with
his huge mace to crush his enemies, but what is the story behind? Every Pharaoh
had the same drawing.
The story
of the Kings of the ancient Mesopotamia was not written for the people, but for
the Gods. That explains why theirs hieroglyphs were always written on the top
of the mountains. It is the same case for
the Pharaohs, as they wrote theirs hieroglyphs inside pyramids or temples
forbidden to people. These Kings were Gods
and did not need to talk to the people. Everything remained the same until the sunrise
of the classical era, that is the ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, a time
when people does not want anymore myths. What they want now is well-being and
if the King couldn't offer that he was in big trouble. For this reason it was
very important for the Kings of the Mediterranean sea to write the story of their
life, their family, their town, their victories, everything that showed they
were a good king. Their story was written now in the squares of the cities and
in the roads, everywhere for the people to read.
Western
civilization to invented history.
By Jorge Maruejouls
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