Description
The land and its peoples; before writing - lost stories of the prehistoric period; in search of foundations - the Sumerian origin; creation of the Universe; creation and destruction of humankind; the quest for immortality; the divine reality - creation of the Universe; the human reality - who cares? Anatolia - the divine struggle for power; Syria-Palestine - before dethroning the deities; Persia - the good and the bad; one text, different authors; creation of the Universe - the echo of mesopotamian tradition; creation and the fall of humankind - blaming the woman; the wicked, the flood, and the ''moody'' God; the Quran - same story, new interpretation; science versus religion - manipulating the past to meet the future. Conclusions. Bibliography. Chronological charts. Maps.