"Right, what about my previous proposal?”Abel smiled helplessly.
"Do you want to prohibit the marriage of relatives?
Gilgamesh raised his eyebrows slightly and waved his hand to signal for the beauty to leave. He looked at Rick, and the corners of his mouth curled up in delight.
"Can I know why?"
"Marriage within the five families will definitely encounter an accident, except for people like you who have divine blood.
Anyone's kinship marriage was very likely to cause the next generation to be deformed and stunted. This was one of Uruk's biggest bad habits.”Abel said seriously.
The Sumerian sacrificial feast was to offer sacrifices to the gods, and the biggest sacrificial ritual was the Ishtar Ritual.
During this sacrificial ceremony, all sexual activities were allowed. The entire city of Uruk was filled with the stench of hormones.
Abel wasn't sure if Ishtar was the one who suggested this ritual. Ishtar was originally the God of Heaven and the God of Venus. Later, he relied on the favor of the gods and forcefully asked Marduk for the title of the God of Beauty.
Of course, she had always used this clergy to show off. She didn't even care about the responsibility of her original clergy, let alone the Goddess of Beauty who was easily obtained.
Most of the time, Ishtar just pretended to leave. Someone would always solve it for her.
Cough, cough, back to the main topic.
Fertility itself was nothing. It was only natural for the slave civilization that had evolved from the primitive civilization to value fertility. Before the great responsibility of having children, etiquette, righteousness, and shame that did not exist at all were worthless.
However, Ishtar's irresponsibility had led to the Sumerians being overly open about their sexual behavior. Intimacy was a common problem in the entire Sumerian civilization. The first time of a son was the mother's, and the first time of a daughter was the father's. This was a common occurrence in the entire Sumerian civilization.
Not to mention men, if a woman who had not fully developed was ravaged, it was very likely that her body would suffer serious damage.
Not to mention that in this era where medical conditions were almost zero, the probability of premature birth and two lives was high, not to mention the large number of deformed children brought about by the combination of similar bloodlines.
" This is the data I've gathered over the past few days. If there are a hundred newborns born in Sumer every day, at least 40% of them will be born with congenital abnormalities, and half of them will not live past the age of three. Furthermore, it's too dangerous for women to give birth, so the casualty rate is high.
As Abel spoke, he handed over the clay tablet beside him. Gilgamesh raised an eyebrow and took the clay tablet. The more he looked at it, the more serious his expression became.
He had never paid attention to this problem, nor would he pay attention to it. Even during the period when he was diligent in government, Gilgamesh was more focused on dealing with other important matters.
Punishment, management, disaster relief, fighting against magical beasts, and resource extraction were the most important tasks for a king.
Although it did not matter if he let these things go, Gilgamesh, who wanted to achieve something, took on all the work, including the names of every soldier.
It was no wonder that Gilgamesh would die of overwork later on. After all, since the second god Uruk was rebuilt, there were as many as eight city-states in the entire Sumer, and they were all large city-states, not to mention the villages outside the city-states.
Moreover, the number of these city-states was still increasing. The construction of the new city of Nepur was about to be completed. At that time, they would be able to directly obtain wood resources from the cedar forest using this city as a stronghold. At that time, Sumer would welcome a second wave of expansion.
Therefore, Gilgamesh did not have the time to care about such a small matter. But looking at it now, if such bad habits were to continue to be passed down, it would probably poison future generations.
However, Gilgamesh then threw the clay tablet back, picked up the golden wine cup, and drank it all in one gulp. He lay on the throne with an indifferent expression.
"You have full authority to deal with it."
Gilgamesh said lazily and without any reason.
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