 However, some scholars believe the state did not exist until the late eighteenth century (between 1750 and 1780) and that the early rulers on the king list are semi-mythological.
<clarity>  However, some scholars believe the state did not exist until the late eighteenth century (between 1750 and 1780) and that the early rulers on the king list are semi-mythological.
 However, some scholars believe the state did not exist until the late eighteenth century (between 1750 and 1780) and that the early rulers (noted on the list of monarchs) are semi-mythological.