.................................................................................................11 BEFORE THE THRONE OF DEATH ..................................................................................................17 BETWEEN CHRIST AND ISHTAR....................................................................................................21 THE SACRIFICE..................................................................................................................................23
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Unit One Assignment: Ashurnasirpal II I have entered into the palace of the great Ashurnasirpal II‚ and am approaching the throne room to await my meeting with the king. In front of me are two Lamassu figures that guard the entrance‚ Colossal statue of a winged lion from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Fig. 1). I am immediately in awe of the sheer size of this pair of sculptures‚ they each stand over ten feet tall‚ towering over individuals who would like to enter the throne room. The
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Beowulf Vs. Gilgamesh The two cultures I chose to compare heroic values for are the ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Anglo-Saxon cultures. The texts I used in the comparison are Gilgamesh for Mesopotamia and Beowulf for Anglo-Saxon. Although they posses many similar heroic characteristics they also differ greatly. Beowulf is the earliest surviving epic poem written in a modern European language. It was written in Old English sometime before the tenth century A.D. The poem describes the adventures
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I fell down several times throughout my childhood‚ but I learned to rise‚ and be better than I was before‚ all thanks to one person. I wouldn’t be the person I am today and see a different outlook on life if it wasn’t for the life I had‚ much like Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh fought monsters and gods‚ but so did I‚ maybe not literal ones but figurative ones. These battles I had were with the people I was surrounded with but I also fought them internally. The alcoholic who I call my Dad‚ forced me to teach
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The United States invaded Iraq on March 20th‚ 2003. Before the invasion‚ Iraq was in post-war reconstruction after losing the First Gulf War in 1991. Saddam Hussein’s terrible leadership caused Iraq to be a country in poverty. The United States invaded Iraq in order to assassinate Hussein and to stabilize Iraq. Saddam Hussein and his family moved from city to city to escape the assassination. The United States had bombed many cities and killed many civilians during this search for Hussein. The United
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The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Genesis are two different texts from different time periods. The stories that are going to be discussed are the Genesis and Gilgamesh flood stories. They have few similarities but their stories continue along the same line‚ although they are different in regard to detail. This essay will examine the reasons of the flood‚ the role of the two main characters‚ the religious characters and other noticeable difference of these texts. The reason of the flood of the in The
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History 421 Strengths and Weaknesses of Rulers In the epic of Gilgamesh‚ Gilgamesh and how he is as a ruler changes drastically from the beginning of the epic to the end. In the beginning of the epic Gilgamesh is almost childlike in his views on his kingdom and the people he rules. As the epic progresses Gilgamesh grows with his reputation and support of his friend Enkidu. By the end of the epic Gilgamesh has matured to the point of selflessness. In the beginning of the epic in the
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Sealing One’s Fate The image depicted on the seal is of a winged hero‚ standing upright with a regal beard and decorative pants‚ surmounting a lion with one foot on its back. In front of the lion is a bull in the same fearful position. The lion and bull stand on their hind legs with their torsos‚ heads‚ and eyes turned toward the hero‚ implying subordination and defeat. This 6th century‚ Neo- Babylonian seal reveals a deep longing for a sense of divinity. It paints a picture of a godly human triumphing
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The Evolution of the “Highway to Hell” in Classical Mythology Mythology‚ by denotation‚ is “a traditional story‚ especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon‚ and typically involving supernatural beings or events.” Myths are an entity that evolve through time and through the changing of culture in order to tailor to the people telling the story; as such‚ we often see a series of different versions develop reflecting a relatively similar
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The Epic of Gilgamesh The story of Gilgamesh was one of the world’s first literary works but most importantly the very first epic. “An epic or heroic poem is a long narrative poem‚ on a serious subject [that was] written in a grand or elevated style‚ centered on a larger-than-life hero” (Lynch). Because it was only recited orally for many centuries it was forgotten and vanished until “it was recorded at Sumer in the late third millennium B.C.E” (Fiero 19). The story of Gilgamesh is about an arrogant
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