Wednesday, July 15, 2009

What do the Babylonian Creation and the Epic of Gilgamesh tell us about life and religion in ancient Mesopotamia?

History and
storytelling are intertwined in these narratives. First, there likely was a King of Uruk named
Gilgamesh. This name appears on the Sumerian Kings List. The epic itself does not tell us much
about actual life in the region....




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