According to the Sumerian Tablets the earth was assembled by a conference of gods who included the two brothers Enki & Enlil. Enlil hated humanity and did not want man to become as powerful as they were while Enki the "God of Wisdom" and our creator later intervenes to save his creation from destruction that his brother plans to bring upon us. Both Enki & Enlil are part of a race called the Annunaki- "Those who from heaven came to earth". These beings came from a planet called NIBIRU (or Marduk in Greek mythology). Their genetically modified offspring were referred to in the bible as the Nephilim. Nibiru is also known as the "planet of the crossing" as it makes an est. 3600 year revolution around our sun & crosses between Mars & Jupiter. The symbol of the cross which is worshipped today in many religions originates from this time period.
It is believed that the Annunaki arrived here on earth between 300,000-456,000 years ago shortly before the existence of homosapiens. Their location upon arrival isn't quite clear to scholars yet the SE region of Turkey seems to be a prominent candidate for the famous Garden of Eden which is the region where the 4 rivers began to empty out into the Arabian sea. The Tigris & Euphrates are two of the four rivers. Until recently satellite imagery revealed that in fact there are 2 more rivers that previously were connected to the first two rivers but have since dried up.
The word paradise comes from the Greek form "paradeisos" meaning enclosed park or preserve for wild animals.
It has been suggested in the Sumerian tablets that man was created after numerous complaints of the Annunaki to their higher council members about the hard and tedious labor (mining for GOLD) which was needed to to be used in their home planet Nibiru which had a failing atmosphere. We were created to be slaves.
Kingu- Sumerian for "unskilled laborer".
Enki took the blood/genome from Kingu and modified it once again to enhance our consciousness which turned the gods against Enki. Enki was always referred to as the "serpent" because he himself was human with reptilian "features". This is the "serpent" who met Eve in the garden.