Mantra Iyer, Press Corps 12
BRONZE AGE POWER COUNCIL, Historical Crisis – Late at night on February 16th, 1200 BCE, on what seemed to be another restless night of deliberating through plans on the elimination of the Sea People, disaster struck in Bronze Age Power Council kingdom paradise when nearby Volcano Hekla erupted, causing all negotiation – the little that was happening – to come to a screeching halt.
With the Sea People, a ragtag group of aggressive sea pirates beginning to pillage much of the Near East, the Bronze Age Power Council was convened together in an attempt to foil the plans of these pirates. From the genesis of their meeting, the Pharaohs and Queens from both sides of the Nile had begun their incessant bickering. Eventually, there was silence – silence prompted by the news of nearby Volcano Hekla erupting. When figures were asked to come up with a solution to prevent further damage, consensus could not be released. Instead, solutions of standardizing currencies and other non-priorities were discussed.
The NAIMUN Daily had the opportunity to sit down with several prominent figures amidst the chaos.
“The gods are angry at us,” Adad-Shuma-Usur, King of Babylon, said. “The sea pirates were never the issue. Our fall will continue to be inescapable, unless we find a way to cooperate and collaborate.”
In an attempt to provide stability, Cyprus, Hittites and Egypt ventured to institute a standardized silver currency. Nevertheless, it faced enormous opposition from relatively small countries. They believed the silver currency was incredibly vulnerable to corruption and condemned it as an abuse of power, once again, self-interested. Small empires allied to prevent this from occurring, passing an executive order that enforced a 150% tax on any trade using the silver currency, with an additional 50% tax on any trade with an empire involved with producing that currency.
Although every figure had some role in the continued prolonging of this time of emergency, some figures had more of a hand in it than others.
“The figures of Babylon, Hittites, and Egypt seem more interested in power grabbing than helping the common good,” Kazi Teshub, king of Carchemish, said. “Of course, natural disasters play a role in causing distress in the Council, but it us that exacerbate the issue.” However, Teshub highlighted to NAIMUN Daily reporters that she, too, is not that innocent in the power-grabbing antics and has significant plans that promise ripple waves that will be felt all through the Red Sea.
Will they be able to put aside their petty differences and work together to find a solution despite their tumultuous friendships, or will they let these bubbling tensions and looming animosities, in a similar fashion to Volcano Hekla, explode?