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of Uruk in circa 2700 BCE. It depicts Gilgamesh who was regretful of his pleasure-seeking
tyrannical debauchery took the journey for and returned from the secret of immortality.
The most intriguing part is the story of the great flood that Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh.

The God indignant of the fall of humans exterminates humanity. Only the family of
Utnapishtim who made an ark survived the flood and became the forebears of the humans

in the aftermath of the flood.
The philosophy and thought of Sumer resemble closely those of Northeast Asia.
Sumerians called the universe “Anki (Heaven and Earth).” The thought that the universe

is comprised by the round heaven (An) and the plain earth (Ki) is closely related with the
Eastern thought of woncheonjibang (Heaven is round and earth is square). They also held

the thought of Heavenly Mandate, representative of the Eastern culture of rulers. The first
verse in the first chapter of the Chronology of Kings that records the names of all Sumerian
kings reads, “When sovereignty came from heaven, it was in Eridu.” Put differently, it

means that sovereignty is endowed from heaven not decided by humans. This is accordant
with the Eastern thought of the Son of Heaven that the Son of Heaven came from Heaven

and ruled people on behalf of Heaven.
Sumerians used the base-sixty system that is used today in the counting of time to sec-
onds, minutes, and hours. Counting that uses ten fingers ceases to employ the base- ten

system. The economic document of the city-state of the Semites who lived in northwest of
Mesopotamia shows that they used the base-ten system. However, the Sumerians used the

base-sixty system by using two hands and five fingers. This is akin to the Eastern sexagenary
cycle of the East in its theoretical backdrop.
Homogeneity between Sumer and Korea appears in the customs of food, clothing, and

shelter. Leonard Woolley (1880-1960), English archaeologist, famous for his excavation of
the trace of the great flood in Ur that began in 1923, unearthed a king’s remains with the two

golden daggers in the tomb of Ur. He reported that the king had a topknot in his head wear-
ing the gold helmet. Topknot was the typical hairstyle of Koreans!
Also, Sumerians enjoyed Ssireum (Korean wrestling). They also had the burial of the liv-

ing and had the custom of a wedding gift sent by the groom’s family carried to the bride’s
family. Women carried things on the head; the same is practiced among today’s Israel

women. 13)

13) 桓檀古記환단고기 Hwandan Gogi October 2013

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