Lesson Four

Asia Pt. One- Earl Civilizations

Mesopotamia: This civilization was the earliest known to man. This is taught of the "cradle of civilization" or the "fertile crescent". Mesopotamia is is Greek for "The Land Between Rivers", because of it's positioning between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The City state of Sumer: This city state is one of the most important is Mesopotamia and located south of Akkad. The people of this city were the first to create potions, and their magic was very powerful. Magic was an important factor in Sumerian culture as it was seen as a sign of godliness. They often worshiped those they saw using magic as gods, when in reality most of them were wizards and witches. One such case was the Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was the first king of Uruk and often described as two-thirds god, one-third man, but he was in fact a wizard. He was known as have fought a beast called Huwawa, actually the Hungarian Horntail Primari. He was studied by Archaeologist and Potioneer Akim Malaam, from the Iraqi Institute of Potioneering and Magical Medicine. Another important figure was Ja'mam Biba, a muggle women living in Babylon. She wrote a letter known as the Letter of Severance, about a terrible pain that was caused to her, where several of her teeth were pulled from her mouth and her eyes were gauged out of her head by a man who never touched her. This act lead to the creation of the Hammurabi Code.

Phoenicia: This is the culture that came up with the Proto-Canaanite Alphabet. These are forms of code used to share discovered charms. The Phoenicians used magical woods in many of their boats, as they were a well known maritime power, and traders. Their boats were protected by charms, which made them a powerful maritime force. Phoenician spells were often done ritually and wandlessly.

Indus River Valley: The Indus were a highly magical group of people. In fact, 80% or more of their artifacts contain some magical power. Unlike the wild and sporadic magic of the times, Indus magic was much more concentrated, and well tuned. The society was a caste one, the ones with magical ability finding themselves on top. Lahsun, a Chieftain of the B'ha-Rahi, most well known as "The Divine One", is known for his extreme disdain for vampire kind. He was indeed a wizard, and perhaps one of the earliest great wizards of this area, however as was commonplace at this time, he was idolized as a god.