Then the Greek colonies appealed to the home-country and the stage was set for a quarrel.
They ravaged the lands of the Greeks and tried very hard to get a foothold upon the European continent.
The desert however is full of wild animals and equally wild robbers and they broke into the graves and disturbed the mummy or stole the jewelry that had been buried with the body.
They bought and sold whatever promised to bring them a good profit.
The story of Mesopotamia is one of endless warfare and conquest.
They were not troubled by a conscience.