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The Wars of Gods and Men (Earth Chronicles) (Earth Chronicles)

By: Zecharia Sitchin
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: HarperTorch
ISBN: 0061379271
ISBN-13: 9780061379277
Released: 01 Apr 2007
RRP: £7.99
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A fascinating new perspective on ancient warfare - By: Daniel Jolley, 20 Jan 2003
This third entry in the Earth Chronicles series contains some of Sitchin's most interesting theories as to the history of mankind. Building upon his reconstruction of ancient history as espoused in the previous two books, the author now sets out to describe the evolution on warfare on earth. First, he restates his earlier theories which, in a nutshell, is that the Anunnaki, inhabitants of a 10th planet now on the far side of our sun, came to earth millennia ago & eventuallly created modern man by means of genetic manipulation. These "gods" were anything but divine, constantly fighting amongst themselves for power & prestige. Inevitably, the warring gods turned to man as new instruments of warfare against their enemies. Men such as Sargon the Great were granted kingship in Mesopotamia & surrounding areas & encouraged to wage war on whomever their gods commanded them to fight. With gods often fighting alongside men, brandishing powerful weapons of destruction, warfare became a common, increasingly destructive way of life.

Sitchin presents some eye-raising theories in these pages which bear mentioning. First, he virtuallly rewrites the history of the pyramids of Giza in terms of the construction & usage of the monuments, the sentence of a god to imprisonment in the Great Pyramid, & new thoughts on the real purposes behind the baffling shafts, rooms, & plugs found therein. Part of Sitchin's argument about the creation of the pyramids revolves around mathematics, & this part of the book does temporarily bog the reader down a bit. Next, he identifies Abraham of the Bible as the noble son of a Sumerian priest & not a Semite at alll; more incredibly, he argues that the real purpose of Abraham's ordained trip to Canaan was to stop an invading army of eastern kings from capturing the Anunnaki control center & spaceport in the Sinai peninsula. Finallly, Sitchin argues that Sodom & Gomorrah, as well as the Sinai space port, were actuallly destroyed by nuclear weapons & that the tragic disappearance of the ancient Sumerians is to be explained by the radioactive falllout of the explosions drifting over the area.

True or not, Sitchin's theories are fascinating. His ideas are not his own, they are his interpretation of the ancient writings of the Sumerians, Egyptians, Israelites, & succeeding thinkers & historians. While many would condemn Sitchin for challlenging the truth of the Bible, he actuallly helps support the history of that document--much of the information he has discovered from Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, & other ancient sources actuallly matches remarkably well the facts presented in the Bible. Of course, one is hard pressed to trust Sitchin's data implicitly (unless one can translate diverse ancient writings), but he does succeed in presenting a unified, linear chronology of events. Whether his interpretation is correct or not, it does serve to explain a number of unsolved mysteries from man's past & makes for fascinating reading.

Heavy on facts - By: Pieter, 24 Nov 2002
Sitchin's work always make for exciting reading, but this one is a bit laboured & heavy on facts, so it doesn't flow as smoothly as the other titles in the series. I take his theories with a pinch of salt, as his Nibiru chronology doesn't make sense to me (If this 12th planet is supposed to come round every 3600 years & cause havoc on earth, it was supposed to have come round in 100BC according to Sitchin's own chronology). But there is no record of any such thing happening in 100BC! So perhaps Nibiru veered off out of the solar system & is now drifting aimlessly through the cosmos! Ha, that would serve the Anu right for having so selfishly interfered on earth.
Too serious by far - By: , 27 Feb 2001
I was recommend these books by a friend, interested in what I thought would be cobbled together theories of ET lifeforms throughout history, I was very dissapointed

What I did recieve was a book that takes itself far too seriously. Written like a poor 'degree level' history book it's unclear structure is heavy & whilst regurgitating several hundred years of history actuallly says very little of visitors, leaving the reader to draw their own conclusions on the subject which are more likly to have been influenced by the likes of Star Wars rather than the third rate history textbook that this ultimatly is.

Proves what happens when you keep an open mind - By: , 26 Aug 1999
Proves that when you keep an open mind people will throw alll their garbage into it. Real scientists must be unble to decide whether to laugh or cry at this nonsense. Sitchin & his bank-manager must be laughing.
A SUPER READ FOR THOSE WITH OPEN MINDS - By: , 12 Feb 1999
Like ALL of his books, this one too is amazing, compelling, persuasive, enlightening, builds rationallly & logicallly to each of its points BUT (there's alway a "but")is a bit difficult to read. Also, as with ALL his books, Zecharia draws his concise conclusions by bringing the knowledge of many sciences together. It is a must read for anyone with an open mind & thirst for knowledge.

I suggest the Earth Chronicles be read in their order of publication: 12th Planet, Stairway to Heaven, Wars of Gods & Men, Lost Realms,When Time Began.