The first civilizations (that we know or find traces) of the Old World started to form since the end of the fourth millennium B.C.: An advanced site structure; settled and systematic agricultural activities; a deepened and varied social collaboration (which was due to architecture and the first examples of mining and the development of crafts in general); “cultural identities” which were developed rapidly right after the discovery of writing and a religious system that was beginning to be a solid institution in the center of authority were the essential elements of the “ingredients of existence” of these civilizations. Economic life was mainly built on agricultural production and commerce was no more than a “local” activity although it had started to be more visible in social life. Differing from one region to another, rights for terrains were under control of the temple priests and the “King” who was the head of all priests but proprietorship, without a doubt, belonged to the one who was operating it. Temples and the king had the biggest share of the agricultural production and never liked the idea of forming “social classes” whose borders were clarified in the social structure. While military expenses and local government costs (e.g. building activities or festivals) were covered with the “contribution” taken from the ones who operate the terrain, social layers that could claim rights to the competence of the king and the priests were never seen except a few army officers or directors on high levels. In other words, dynamics of the “Slavery Society” that were emphasized by the orthodox history approach of today were not born yet. Slavery as an “institution” wasn’t seen except the servants working in the palace, temples and houses or members of “savage tribes” who were forced to work in queries; thus, for the citizens of the country it was not possible to be aware of the difference between “slaves and masters” and put the slave effort to the center of the agricultural production. This was the view seen on the phase of history lived by the main pioneer civilizations of the Old World like Egypt, Sumer, Harappa and Minos which were born in around 3100 B.C.

On this very first phase of the history of civilizations, “hegemony tools of the state” was not reinforced by a despotic military/police organization like one can easily think but by the “mysterious universal knowledge” of temple priests and by religion which was basically the way of showing this knowledge to masses. Priest was the one “who knew the unknown”; he was the only one who could understand and track the motion of the stars in the sky, measurement of passing time and the changing of the seasons. Since the priests were carrying these on with a “divine” wisdom, masses were respecting and afraid of them since the first times of history. Who could object putting these people who knew agriculture, who could calculate the right time for crop and harvest, who gave information about weather, rains and floods “before they happen” to the center of social organization? Everything they said was right; every warning they shout at was proven. Then the “authority” should have been the priest’s. Since the beginning, the rulers we call as “king” were not “brave warriors” but “wise priests”. While the ruling class was formed of other priests on lower levels, “Royal Palace” would be the temples which were used as “observatories” but presented to the public as “ritual centers”.

"Ruling Class" Expands

More or less a thousand years later, on the beginning of the second millennium B.C., in every civilization big and inevitable administrative changes started to occur: Safe cities and technological innovations were decreasing deaths and increasing lives, so a serious population increase was being experienced. Giant kingdoms were no longer formed as a big city and a few small towns attached: A great number of habitations were formed; here, the agricultural activities were developing and the crafts were advancing. This had naturally accelerated commerce and brought a relative vividness to the economy. On the other hand, the first great civilizations had left the “discovering and protecting their own territories” phase and started to dream of increasing their ascendancy areas geographically. Military campaigns were not limited with near territories anymore; by conquering the neighbor site-states or small independent habitations, an “age of conquests” was beginning. This transformation which caused the war to become a concept experienced very often was both supplying “extra free food” to the rulers by turning the war prisoners into slaves and opening a free door to the covetousness for acquiring the richness and sources of the surrounding site-states by “non-commercial” methods. This transformation was seriously forcing the “hegemony mechanism” and the main structure of the state in large empires for a change: In the new habitations that were added to the state, there was a need to establish “local government offices” and this was creating a new layer, the “bureaucracy” in addition to the temple priest who had the competence. Besides, the importance and value of the commanders was increasing due to the military campaigns; territories were given to them in the newly conquered places; war prisoners were transforming into slaves who would operate these fields.

This transformation which had started simultaneously in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Near East had created the first prototypes of the “Slavery State” but sharing the hegemony also had caused new problems on the ruling: Central government was getting weaker significantly; local rulers and bureaucracies of far away habitations were getting stronger each and every day. A great number of “temple master” was seen within the borders of the empire and these were competing among each other for domination.

The leader of this transformation in Mesopotamia was “Sargon the Great”, the king of Akads. Sargon (or in Akad language “Sarru-Kin” meaning “fair king”) had inherited the cultural belongings of Sumer civilization which had started to loosen after the migratory and given it to the Sami community; besides, he was the first example of the “diffusive” kings in the region and he made Akad Empire the most powerful state in the Near East. However bureaucratic dilation and the central government weakening both economical and political has started to shake this powerful state from the foundation since his Grand son Naram-Sin (2200 B.C.). Just like a shark who needs energy to keep on surviving and eats every living thing he sees for this purpose, Naram-Sin was one of the first kings who has realized that “war and conquests should be carried on” in order to protect this “imperial state” and to be able to afford the increasing expenses and the costs. He moved to Syria, conquered the city of Ebla; then he continued towards Kenan, took all the habitations on his way. But all these were not enough to stop the state which was getting larger and larger everyday to decompose. The ruling class was not only the king and the temple priests, now, there was a large ruling layer composed of local leaders, bureaucracy and military/police force; “blessing of competence” Should have been organized from the beginning in order to satisfy every layer of this class. But how?

 Laws, Reforms, Transformations

Similar problems were also seriously experienced in Egypt. Around the last years of the Old Kingdom (after around 2200 B.C.), Egypt was no more only the upper and lower Egypt but also it had enlarged itself by Sina in the east, Libya desserts in the west and Nubia in the South; this had caused the ethnic structure to vary and had started a conflict between different priest traditions. Besides, the ruling bureaucracy which was grown by the widespread competence mechanism was causing the “Big House” (The Pharaoh) to experience more economic problems each and every day. The arbitrary applications of the bureaucrats who were getting richer and more powerful were creating a demand to define a new “ruling class” in Egypt since the Middle Kingdom just like it was in Mesopotamia. An army of “slaves” which was formed by the new war and conquest policies was now being used in agricultural fields in order to increase the economic richness. However local people were not happy about this new way of life, so some sort of chaos and unhappiness was being seen in the territories of the state.

 
 On early 18th century B.C. Hammurabi, the Akad emperor has started the attempt to define the terms and conditions of living in a new era with his famous law system which included newly “defined social roles”. Actually, laws of Hammurabi were not real laws but they were defining the “divine and moral” restrictions to be obeyed as an extension to the old and former traditions; their sanction force wasn’t very clear. But this first attempt was followed in Egypt and a new “slavery state” which was built on war prisoners and the peasants of the territories conquered and which was not disturbing “the settled local community” was beginning to rise. “Own people” of the ruler would never be the slave; but in order to satisfy the economic needs of the ruling class slavery would be free with the help of the war prisoners.

 
This policy was applied in both Babylon and in Egypt for centuries. However, no one could stop the downfall of central kingdoms. On the other hand, it was not only the ruling class whose layers were increasing: Economic differences and gaps had made the “common citizen” poorer in a very serious way, no one was happy. Rebellions and internal conflicts were starting to be seen but the empire was still strong and the rulers were still continuing to hold the power by using despotic methods with the help of the military/police forces. Until that very specific day…

The Old World is Shaking

A wave of earthquakes which had started in East Mediterranean in 1649 B.C. shook the whole world very significantly. In Aegean, Akrotiri, the magnificent city of Minos Kingdom was collapsed; Cyprus and Crete shook several times; tsunamis hit the whole Mediterranean coast from Byblos in Lebanon to the habitations in North Egypt. The shock of the consequent earthquakes was recovered, however very soon after that, Thera volcano in Aegean started to explode terribly. In the greatest volcanic explosion of human history, lots of territories were sunk in to the depths of the sea, from the coasts of Italy to those of Black Sea, from Egypt to Persia: Ashes and smoke reaching thousands of miles above had covered the whole sky! For a very long time, sun did not shine daytime, moon and stars were not visible. Ashes and sulfur raining on rivers made the waters “bloody red” and poisonous just like it was told in the old legends. Animals were dead, fields and crop were dead because of lack of sun and worse than all, the climate changed, a “volcanic winter” began and frost was seen in summer mornings.

This chain of terrible disasters has caused great losses of lives and a big economic breakdown; also created a big “psychological breakdown” on people too. Central kingdoms has fallen down, armies started to disperse, rulers has escaped to safer places. A certain view of “chaos” was seen over the great civilizations of the old world. And this chaos was the biggest “breaking Point” of history. Weakened empires were abused by the nomad tribes who were never let inside the borders of the state before; dynasties and the ruling classes of that day had no power at all. For instance, in Egypt, poor masses that saw the loss of authority as an opportunity and who also never liked the rulers seized the Kingdom after the nomad tribes left the country. In my book, “2012: Rendezvous with Marduk”, I had written that this historical period called as the “Hiksos Period” by the historians was a fragment of time in which Egypt was not invaded by the occupants but was passing through a time when “ghetto people” were seizing the throne. Babylon had fallen down without resisting the attacks of the Indian-European tribes who has come from the north; a chain of natural disaster had set the end of Minos Kingdom and after the Harappa cities by the Indus River were destroyed Northwestern barbarian tribes had invaded the western and the northern regions of India.

What was lived was a real “breaking Point” and the dynasties of the old system had a lesson from what had happened: First of all, being weak was unforgivable. And second, policy of war, HARAÇ and conquest should have been carried on till the end and it should have been continuous. And third and the most important of all, ruling classes should have systematically developed the slavery based on pressure and force that they had never applied on their “own people”. Because, population had increased and it was difficult to keep the “ignorant masses” under control. These masses those were ready to betray their king at the very first opportunity and willing to take over the control would be kept under strict control from that day on. “Slavery State” was being built and it was leading the route of history to a “conflict of classes”. The seniors of the old era who started to realize Things after 1550 B.C. applied the most terrible way of despotism. Masses turned into slaves, “religion” began to be used as the most common mechanism of hegemony fort he ruling class and the reorganization of the state was completed by re-planning the law system. The Things that happened and the decisions that were taken during that period of time would be the determinative of the point that the history of civilizations reached today.

Towards the New “Rendezvous”

Now, 3650 years have passed and a new “chain of global disasters” is on its way. Because “the tenth planet Marduk” will pass very close to the earth again. The rulers of today don’t want a new “breaking Point” to shake their competence and power, and change the route of the history of civilizations fort he second time. That’s why they are in such a “hurry”; that’s why they are fussy.

 
Marduk is getting closer; the “elite” rulers of the earth start comprehensive military campaigns against the regions that have the potential to be the “chaos center” in the world (and also that have the critical energy resources) by continuous war strategies. What are all these for? Let’s remember: These are all for the “elite minority” to sip their whiskey by the swimming pool in their villas; for their wives to make shopping from luxurious stores with their limos; for their kids to study in expensive colleges and go to holiday for skiing. But what is the price of this? The answer is simple: 80% of the world population lives under the poverty level, 25% lives under the hunger level; every year millions of children die because of neglect and epidemics. In the name of a miserable and wretched gluttony; an abject egoism and greed, this “wrong civilization” with its roots 3650 years old is being tried to be protected. On the last months of 2012, all their stinking systems, their temples called the “stock Exchange”, their prayers called “marketing”, their totems called “label” will quake and shake. They know it and they are dead scared; the more they get scared they become more aggressive and brutal. We’ll see if this fear they have will help their destiny or not?