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    may a crossroad be your home‚ may a wasteland be your sleeping place…” In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ having crossed paths with Gilgamesh and his harlot‚ the life of our character‚ Enkidu‚ was turned to a wasteland. Enkidu lived freely. He ate with gazelles and drank with lions in a manner uncomplicated by pursuit or expectation. Unbeknownst to Enkidu‚ however‚ his life was never his own. He was created as a parallel to Gilgamesh‚ imparted with power meant to foil the rule exercised by the king without parry

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    human kind for our entire existence. This is what drives man to act as we do today. In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ we can relate more than a few key points of the story to something that is happening in the modern world today. Sex being a passage into civilization in the story is as true now as it was back then. Power is something humans crave and would do anything for. Fear of the unknown is something Gilgamesh experienced as he went on a quest for immortality. Today we still have this fear of death

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    Humanity needs government in order to thrive and progress. According to the documents that describe the Neolithic error‚ which will later be discussed in depth‚ the laws that were set up by government were there to guide the people in moral and spiritual conduct. Furthermore if it were not for the ‘social ladder’ created by government‚ there would be no aspiration for elevation which resulted in competition among the people. The government also generated the need for specialists. As the state grew

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    religion. This question can be observed in the first known book made in human history called The Epic of Gilgamesh. The question can be observed throughout the story in its characters and the character personalities as well as actions. The introduction to the story is the creation of Enkidu in order for there to be an individual that Gilgamesh cannot beat. Enkidu is made to be the exact opposite to Gilgamesh in the sense that Enkidu represents nature and the wild due to his creation being with

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    In approximately 2000 B.C.‚ the Epic of Gilgamesh was written by the Sumerians. Not only was this story the first ever to be written down‚ it would also set way for many more heroic tales to come. Since 2000 B.C.‚ every century has had its own heroic tale. In addition to Gilgamesh‚ other heroes who emerged from these stories include Beowulf and Achilles. Although all three heroes were created in different time periods‚ they all embody classic‚ heroic traits. Some of the traits that these three characters

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    Name: Ho Yee Lam Student ID: 17226643 1. Wen Fong‚ “The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from The People’s Republic of China”‚ London‚ Thames and Hudson‚ 1980. The Bronze age collections provided by the China’s Cultural Relics Bureau are shown in this book. The catalogue not only displays a wide range of tools and objects in that era‚ many details‚ drawings‚ graphs and maps are also included. 2. Ying Wang‚ “Bronze Age China: Style and Material”‚ UK‚ Cambridge Scholar Publishing‚ 2010

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    The epic of Gilgamesh is story about death and friendship‚ these are two main themes in the book. Gilgamesh is the one who has to come to grips with the reality that death is inevitable‚ and that friendship is a necessity. When Enkidu dies Gilgamesh cannot deal with it‚ he starts to think that if his friend can die that he too is only mortal‚ the first thing he does is go into denial about his mortality. He goes off on his quest to find eternal life and soon comes to realize that he cannot become

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    Insomnia began by first being referenced in the world’s oldest literary book‚ the Gilgamesh epic. In the book‚ the character‚ Gilgamesh‚ became mortal by making a transition from being constantly awake‚ to sleeplessness‚ and then to familiarity. In other ancient tales‚ sleeplessness and sleep played the difference in being immortal or mortal. In one ancient tale‚ the story of Chinese king Wu‚ the reason of his sleeping problems were because he never secured the heaven’s support. People back in the

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh Flood story and the Flood story found in Genesis 6-9 have a significant amount of similarities and differences. As you read them both you will slowly grasp the differences and seek out the similarities. They both may be told in different times but they show the exact same event that happened but in a different amount of time and with different characters. As you read each version of the flood‚ the first difference i noticed was that in both a specific thing angers the gods

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    In “Don Quixote‚” “The Epic of Gilgamesh‚” and “The Odyssey” there are limited presentations of women throughout the text‚ if not prostitutes or servants‚ women are portrayed as mothers or wives. In contrast‚ the male characters throughout the text are depicted as warriors or heroes possessing the prominent role in restoring peace‚ their reputation can be attributed to the exhibition of strength‚ physical strength and expertise. Don Quixote is the main character who is driven to madness because

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