Nimrod
Nimrod was a king of Assyria mentioned in the Book of Genesis in the Bible. According to the Bible, he was the son of Cush and grandson of Ham. His name has become proverbial as that of a "mighty hunter." His "kingdom" comprised Babel (Sumerian logogram Nun.Ki.), Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Sinar, otherwise known as the land of Nimrod (Gen. x. 8-10; I Chron. i. 10; Micah v. 5)Nimrod is credited with building the Tower of Babel in order to establish his own cult. Historians have linked the Biblical name with Ninnu (with the epithet Enmersi) of the city of Lagash and subsequently also to EnmerKar of Uruk; Ningirsu of the early dynastic Sumerians; Asar son of Enki of The Sumerians of Eridu and subsequently the Egyptian Osiris Asshur and Phoenician Rashap & Canaanite Reshpu (thus also the constellation Orion); and the Babylonian Ninurta -while the Babylonians obviously linked him with the Mesopotanian deity Marduk and subsequently the Sumerian Dumuzi and the Mesopotamian king Ninus of Greek legend husband of Semiramis.
As Enmerkar the simplified New Age understanding of the story surrounding Nimrod is as follows. Hor Meskiagkasher the Kishite inherited the throne of Sumerian-Asar in Uruk. Intrigued by the prospect for gold in the west he led his Afroasiatic followers from Sumerian-Asar along the Puntian sea routes to the Nile valley heavily equipped to conquer. While there an opportunist band of his followers turned to follow general Seth instead returning to use their prowess to destroy unsuspecting Sumerian-Asar and conscript more troops to take over Hor-Meskiagkasher's Egyptian campaign. Hor-Meskiagkasher sent his son EnmerKar back to Asar to find the missing troops whereupon finding the destruction EnmerKar resurrected the throne of Asar saving it from oblivion. Hearing of the turncoats plan to ambush Hor-Meskiagkasher's conquest of the Nile Valley Enmerkar enlisted help from Elam and sent troops to force the turncoats into compliance. The coup ended with a wedding between a princess from amongst the followers of Seth and the Hor leader.
As reward Meskiagkasher left Sumerian-Asar under the total command of EnmerKar as the hero king of that land. Integral to his claim in Asar was the repair of the sacked temple of Asar's patroness Innana. To this end EnmerKar proceeded to carve out a great empire for himself starting with Nun.Ki then Erech, Accad, Calneh, and expanding Asar out to Nineveh and Calah building the canal between them. Conquering Aratta he brought wat was required to his city but encouraged by the submitted Sethians Enmerkar planned a new cult temple in Nun.ki but opposition from different tribes of the area led to its incompletion and the eventual disintegration of the empire he had carved out for himself. In time however groups of grateful Kiengi-Sumerians at Eridu & Lagash redeemed the Afroasiatic not only as the continuation of their own Sumerian ancestor Asar but also child of Enki once more despite his opposition to Enki to whom was attributed the disruption of his Temple plans. Thus it was that the Egyptians became known as "Masri" or those "From Asar" and Nimrod became known as Asar and the mystery cults came to survive amongst the Babylonian Amorite Canaanites.
The Nimrod was the ship used by Ernest Shackleton in his 1908 Antarctic expedition for the South Pole. It was a 41-year-old schooner which had been used to hunt seals. Shackleton, who paid £5,000 for the ship, had it re-rigged as a barkentine. It also had a steam engine, but had a top speed of only six knots under this power.
Nimrod is an unincorporated town in Minnesota. Though it does not appear in the census, it is included on most major maps. It is located at the center of a triangle formed by Staples, Wadena, and Park Rapids.