November 25, 2007

Objective:Objective:

•Cuneiform leads to the first stories about the great king, Gilgamesh

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The Author!

The oldest known author was:

Shin-eqi-unninni

The author of the Legends of Gilgamesh which were an epic poem!

2700 BCE Gilgamesh was mean to his people and

treated them cruelly.

So the story begins

His people were so upset they called on Anu (god of

the sky

Enkidu (foe until the love of a women)

Gilgamesh and the Humbaba

For the fame – Kill….Before he dies curses Enkidu that he will not live long

Isthar, the Bull of Heaven, and the Death of Enkidu

Gilgamesh searches for eternal life

Utnapisthtim & the flood

Stay awake for 6 days and 7 nights & the bread

Plant of eternal life and the deepest darkest ocean!

Snake takes the prize

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