November 10, 2013
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is inspired by a real historical figure. Gilgamesh a king who reigned over the Sumerian city-state of Uruk in the third millennium BCE and who was most likely responsible for constructing the city walls. Sumer is the first civilization in the world. It was located in the land between the rivers, Mesopotamia, or modern day Iraq. The Epic was written in cuneiform, the first written language, on 12 stone tablets. Gilgamesh has the earliest version…
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