and civilizations‚ this has proven to be true. Along with the expansion of kingdoms were the most powerful rulers to ever exist‚ but their legitimacy differed in every civilization. Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt are among the earliest of civilizations that introduced the prodigy of sacred kings. Kingship in Mesopotamia used religion in the name of legitimizing power through its close relationship with the gods. Ultimately‚ religion played a big role in the ruling of a king. The first Mesopotamian
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In ancient societies‚ such as Ancient Mesopotamia‚ the roles of women were strictly defined. Hidden in the shadows of their male counterparts‚ there was little opportunity for individuality. Women were either the daughters of their fathers or the wives of their husbands. However‚ women who were considered royalty or were wives of men who had power and status had more individuality than women who weren’t. Most young girls were trained from childhood to perform the traditional roles of a mother
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power over the health of characters‚ the setting and even the very lives of protagonists. The Epic of Gilgamesh and the story of Oedipus The King both hold exemplary instances of this concept. In the story of Gilgamesh‚ gods have a momentous role in the story. Despite their divinity‚ the Babylonian gods display human-like traits. Their moods and ulterior motives play significant roles in the story. Gilgamesh starts off as a wicked and arrogant king of Uruk. When the people of Uruk plea to the gods
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the ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia lived in two different locations and interacted with two different environments. Both places were affected by water in different ways. Euphrates and Tigress rivers shaped the development of Mesopotamia whereas‚ the Nile‚ shaped the development of Egypt. At the end‚ the people of these lands were able to use this water to their benefit. Mesopotamia is the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigress. In the time when the first people arrived at Mesopotamia‚ it had
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positive and negative outcomes‚ much like mortality itself.Immortality and mortality are similar in terms of one’s role on earth‚ and are different regarding afterlife and death‚ as shown by excerpts taken from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12 and The Epic of Gilgamesh. The concept of living is shared between mortality and immortality‚ as they both allow individuals to experience the ups and downs that come with life. In the light of mortality‚ people begin
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on the Sumarian Epic Gilgamesh (ca. 2000 B.C.E.) The epic developed over a period of nearly a thousand years. It was discovered in the city of Ninevah amidst the ruins of the great royal library of Assurbanipal‚ the last great king of the Assyrian empire. The text is still not completely understood today. We can identify three stages in the epic’s development. The first begins in roughly 2700 B.C.E. when the historical Gilgamesh ruled in Uruk‚ a city in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest written
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Epic of Gilgamesh vs. Noahs Flood The epic of Gilgamesh and “Noah and the Flood” both tell stories of a treacherous flood which wiped out all of mankind. These “The Great Hymn to the Aten” is the longest of several New Kingdom praise poems to the sun god Aten. This poem‚ composed as a hymn‚ or sacred song‚ was found on the wall of a tomb built for a royal scribe named Ay and his wife. It was intended to assure their safety in the afterlife. The Egyptians had worshiped the sun—along with a host
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often develop similar concepts and events. The works of the Quran‚ the book of Genesis‚ and the Epic of Gilgamesh all contain similar story lines. Each story contains a flood caused by the actions of men‚ and an individual chosen by a deity to build an ark to survive the flood. However‚ there are differences between the literature due to the culture of the people recording the texts. The Epic of Gilgamesh has a polytheistic religion and immortality‚ while the book of Genesis and the Quran is monotheistic
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Two Different Books with Similar Stories The Book of Genesis and The Epic of Gilgamesh have many clear similarities. One major‚ noticeable similarity is that in both stories‚ there are flood legends. There is the legend of Noah and the Ark in The Book of Genesis and the story of Utnapishtim in The Epic of Gilgamesh. In both stories‚ a higher power wants to wipe out the human race and decides to save one person who is then assigned to build an ark to hold himself‚ his family‚ and one of each animal
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Between “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and “The Golden Ass” Conventional wisdom has it that any type of literary work written‚ whether it be fictional or factual‚ has been somewhat influenced by the way that society and culture are seen in the era that it was written. Some works have a greater influence than others however‚ and it is debatable to say which books have a greater or lesser influence than others. This argument is definitely present in the literary works of “The Golden Ass” and “The Epic of Gilgamesh”
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