<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2">So, nothing new since the first anti war poem known to have been written, so WHY do we think that things can ever be different?? This poem's warriors don't even pretend to be good guys fighting against evil, a refreshing change (i e telling the truth re empire-building).</font><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 12px; ">Spirit of hate, greed and anger,<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">dominator of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1293213337_7" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; cursor: pointer; background-image: initial; background-attachment:
initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">heaven and earth</span>!</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">--Jenifer<br></font></span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2">--- On </font><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; ">Wed, 12/22/10, MartyneConrad Wetzel <i><mc-wetzel@hotmail.com></i></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="2"> wrote:</font><br><blockquote style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left:
5px; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; "><br>From: MartyneConrad Wetzel <mc-wetzel@hotmail.com><br>Subject: [Peace] PEACE // World's oldest known poem about war<br>To: "Peace List PEACE Peace List" <peace@lists.chambana.net><br>Cc: epunger@comcast.net, "Esther Portnoy IACU" <eportnoy@illinois.edu>, "Carlton Mills IAUC" <crmills_2000@yahoo.com>, "Earl FMC Kellogg" <earlkellogg@yahoo.com>, "Tom Anderson FMC" <thandthand@gmail.com>, "Helen Katz IAUC" <hnkatz@illinois.edu>, "Janet Rasmussen FMC" <janetr-fmc@sbcglobal.net>, "Barbara Kessel" <barkes@gmail.com>, "Nancy Stagg IACU" <nsstagg@sbcglobal.net>, "Colleen Vojak IACU" <vojak@illinois.edu>, "Larry D. Lewis AME" <bethelame401@sbcglobal.net>, "Lee Melhado" <leemelhado@gmail.com>, isaackim89@gmail.com, "Jan Sabey FMC" <jsabey98@hotmail.com>, "Sadia Bekal IACU" <sbekal@illinois.edu>, "Judith Huffman IACU"
<jahuffman40@hotmail.com>, "Joe Peacock IAUC" <8858jp@gmail.com>, "Dannie Otto FMC" <cfdlo@eiu.edu>, "Eric Jakobssen IACU" <jake@ncsa.uiuc.edu>, pattytym@sbcglobal.net, "Jan Kellogg FMC" <jkkmaybe@yahoo.com>, "Bryan Miller FMC" <bgmiller@eiu.edu>, "Unger Judith IACU" <junger08@comcast.net>, "Naeem Sheikh IAUC" <nsheikh@illinoisalumni.org><br>Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 5:47 PM<br><br><div id="yiv2101403168">
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Re: World's oldest known poem about war<br>
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<b><font size="4"><font size="1">Enheduanna, Sumerian Priestess</font><br></font></b><font size="4"><font size="1"></font> <br><font size="1">Enheduanna was an ancient Sumerian priestess, from a part of the world now known as Iraq. Her father, Sargon, is credited with uniting the Central and Southern regions of Mesopotamia into a highly prosperous empire. Sargon is often referred to as the world’s first emperor, reigning from 2334-2279 BCE. Enheduanna was appointed priestess of the temple at Ur. In this position she consolidated the worship of a myriad of local goddesses into the worship of Inanna, a Sumerian goddess. Enheduanna is believed to be the world’s oldest writer. She wrote what may be the first recorded poem in response to war, in approximately 2300 BCE. </font><br><font size="1"></font> <br><b><strong><font size="1">Lament to the Spirit of War</font><br><font size="1"></font> <br></strong></b></font><font size="4"><font
size="1">You hack everything down in battle....<br>God of War, with your fierce wings<br>you slice away the land and charge<br>disguised as a raging storm,<br>growl as a roaring hurricane,<br>yell like a tempest yells,<br>thunder, rage, roar, and drum,<br>expel evil winds!<br>Your feet are filled with anxiety!<br>On your lyre of moans <br>I hear your loud dirge scream.<br><br>Like a fiery monster you fill the land with poison.<br>As thunder you growl over the earth,<br>trees and bushes collapse before you.<br>You are blood rushing down a mountain,<br>Spirit of hate, greed and anger,<br>dominator of heaven and earth!<br>Your fire wafts over our land,<br>riding on a beast,<br>with indomitable commands,<br>you decide all fate.<br>You triumph over all our rites.<br>Who can explain why you go on so? </font><br></font><br>
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