1. The Epic of Gilgamesh
Miss Johnson

2. The Epic of Gilgamesh
The most famous piece of Sumerian literature (Mesopotamia)
Written 2100 B.C. by the Babylonians
Tells the story of Gilgamesh, King of the city of Uruk who ruled in 3rd Millennium B.C.

3. Tigris, Euphrates, red sea, Persian gulf, Mediterranean sea, Caspian sea, indian ocean, tarsus mountains, zagros mountains, Syrian desert, arabia, city of Babylon, city of ur, city of sumer, city of uruk

4. Uruk

5. Sumerian Gods Babylonians repurposed Old Sumerian Gods
Nammu: primordial waters
An: sky
Ki: earth
Enlil: god of air
Equivalent of Zeus or Odin
Ninlil: goddess of air
Inanna: goddess of love and fertility
Babylonian Ishtar
Ereshkigal: goddess of the underworld
Enki: trickster god
Babylonians repurposed Old Sumerian Gods

6. Broken into twelve tablets
Carved on stone stele
Stele: an upright stone slab or column typically bearing a commemorative inscription, relief, or design
Greek Stele “standing black”
Broken into twelve tablets

7. Cuneiform Sumerian system of writing Developed around 3500-3000 B.C.
Wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets made by reeds
Began as pictographs but developed into phonograms
Pictograph: a picture symbolizing a word or phrase
Latin Pict “to paint”
Similar to Hieroglyphics
Phonogram: a symbol
representing a vocal sound
Greek Phone “voice”

8. Epic Poem Lengthy narrative poem The hero
Serious subject
Medias Res: beginning a story by plunging into the middle of the action
Latin In Medias Res “in the midst of things”
Writing style of lofty elevated
Invocation of the muse
The hero
Is of national or even cosmic importance
Embodies the values of the civilization
Encounters gods and monsters
Shows great valor during heroic deeds or events; superhuman courage
Trip to the underworld
Often significant to a culture or nation

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