Why did the first Sumerian kings live so long?

>sumerian kings live for a shitton of time
>suddenly the flood hits
>all kings after them lived only a fraction of their predecessors
>with every new king living less than the previous one

Either they lost the world's best cardio methods during the flood, or after the disaster the scholars decided not to bullshit their records so much.

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BECAUSE ALULIM AND HIS SUCCESSORS WERE THE FABLED NEPHILIM, BASARD SONS OF MAN AND ANGEL.

HAVING WITNESSED THIS ABOMINATION AGAINST CREATION, ANU OR EL OR ZURVAN SMOTE THE EARTH WITH WATER, TO REDUCE MAN TO MAN, WHILE THE LEADER OF THE GRIGORI WAS BANISHED FROM HEAVEN ALONGSIDE HIS HORDE OF SWORN FOLLOWERS

>>3394773
So you aren't even going to ENTERTAIN the possibility that the ancient Sumerian kings given extreme longevity by the divine magic of Anu? How very close-minded of you.

>>3394773
Im just wondering why they did that, apparently at some points the lists were used as political tools to try and grab power. But I am wondering if at some points they possibly used a system similar to North Koreas, where although Kim Il Sung is dead, he is still president of North Korea.

>>3394883
It could possibly be a memory of the founding member of the tribe or whatever unit descended from Alulim. Maybe they knew how long ago Alulim lived, but had no idea who or how many people came after him.

>>3394887
Yeah, especially since in pretty much all languages the family/tribal name can sound singular.

The Atrahasis is pretty clear on this: The gods first didn't make death a "normal end" to life, so they had to periodically send disease, famine, etc. to stop overpopulation. Only after the flood did death become the natural end every human experiences after a certain amount time.

Because they mistranslated moon cycles as sun cycles, once you change thier age from 800 to 800/12 it all makes sense

>>3395188
Really? Source? Why dies it get shorter later on though? Did they rule only for like a few days or something?