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Lecture 4-Mesopotamian Literature
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Lecture 4-Mesopotamian
Literature
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Destruction of Ashurbnaipal’s
Library
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Epic Poetry
Themes and Messages
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Legend of Gilgamesh
Subject
Versions
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Bilgames Stories
Bilgames and Agga
Bilgames and the Cedar Mountain
Bilgames and the Bull of Heaven
Bilgames and the Netherworld
The Death of Bilgames
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The Epic of Creation
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The Descent of Inanna
and Dumuzi’s Death
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The Defeat of Zu
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Fragmentary epics
Story of Atrahasis
Story of Adapa
Lugalbanda and the Thunderbird
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Histories
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Legal Documents
Code of Hammurabi
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Hymns and Prayers
Prayer to the
Gods of the
Night
Hymns
Prayers
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Lamentations
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Social Satire
Animal stories
Fictional letters or contracts
Mesage