wild bull‚ stag‚ ibex‚ all the creatures of the plains mourn you. May the holy River Ulaja‚ along whose banks we grandly used to stroll‚ mourn you. May the pure Euphrates‚ to which we would libate water from our wineskins‚ mourn you. May the men of Uruk-Haven‚ whom we saw in our battle when we killed the Bull of Heaven‚ mourn you. May the farmer …‚ who extols your name in his sweet work song‚ mourn you. May the … of the broad city‚ who … exalted your name‚ mourn you. … the lamentation priests‚ may
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followers they had for their rituals. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic story that happened around in 3‚000 BCE. It took place in Mesopotamia‚ which is now modern day Iraq. In the Epic of Gilgamesh the main characters name was Gilgamesh‚ king of Uruk. Gilgamesh was two-thirds god and one-third man. Gilgamesh reined as a cruel leader that did what he pleased‚ but he was a prime example of how religion and political power played off one another. Since Gilgamesh was part god and part man‚ the people
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Sumerian Culture and Contributions The Sumerians were a people who lived in the southern portion of Mesopotamia from around 3500 B.C. to 1800 B.C.. The Sumerian people lived in twelve city states‚ famous among which ar Sumer and Ur. They shared a common language‚ Sumerian. Sumerian has no modern day descendants‚ it seems to have disappeared from human history as a spoken language‚ but lived on in written language. The Sumerians were an agricultural people‚ and they raised crops in three areas
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there” (3). The Lord of the Rings‚ The Fellowship of the Rings‚ is a perfect example of a quest with Frodo (the quester) as the one chosen to take the ring to Mordor (the place to go). Along the way‚ there are dangers a plenty. Frodo is hunted by Orcs‚ Uruk-hai‚ and Ringwraiths. He is stabbed by one of the Ringwraiths‚ speared by an ogre‚ and followed by Gollum; Gollum was the original owner of the ring and wants the ring back. Also‚ Saruman‚ a wizard under the spell of Sauron‚ is searching for Frodo
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the river’s ease of access helped farmers trade food surpluses for other necessary goods and travel across long distances. Because of its resourceful geographic location‚ many successful city-states such as Sumer‚ Akkad‚ Assyria‚ Assur‚ Ninevah‚ Ur‚ Uruk‚ Mari‚ and Babylon were developed as the population grew. In current day the geography of the region has changed over time from a series of cities to its current day countries. Today‚ the Tigris and Euphrates start in the mountains of modern day Turkey
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Every civilization has seven characteristics that keep the civilization up and running. These characteristics include having an urban focus‚ political and military structures‚ social structure based on power‚ more complexity‚ a district religious structure‚ writing‚ and having new forms of artistic and intellectual activity. Missing just one of the seven characteristics can cause the civilization to turn upside down and fall apart. The first characteristic is to have an urban focus. This is one
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loneliness in his life‚ and then he becomes a real human. In this book‚ Gilgamesh said “ I am alone and I have longed/ For some companionship. My people/ Also have grown tired of my solitude.” (20). According to these sentences‚ Gilgamesh was a king of Uruk‚ he had a lot of power‚ but he was lonely‚ he didn’t have any friends. Also‚ people thought Gilgamesh was the God‚ he was not a human. But he was becoming a human‚ because he was going through loneliness at that time. Loneliness is a part of everyone’s
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Thus far in our world literature class there have been many messages that have depicted the message of love‚ one of the works we have seen revolving in many different aspects in almost all of the readings. The two that I stood out to me the most was The Epic of Gilgamesh and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The reason why‚ I have chosen these was due to the fact that in both of there was love‚ however it expressed in a different way. By that‚ meaning in The Epic of Gilgamesh it was represented by erotic
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| | | Which of the following terms best describes the peoples of the Paleolithic period? | | | | | Selected Answer: | Hunter-gatherers | | | | | | | | Which of the following practices does not date back to the Paleolithic period? | | | | | Selected Answer: | Establishment of permanent homes | | | | | | | | Which activity predominated in the lives of Paleolithic peoples? | | | | | Selected Answer: | Searching for food | | | | | |
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Political Form(s) of Government Political Structures Courts/Laws Leaders/Elites Kingdom/Domain War/Conflict The government of the ancient Mesopotamians was an unusual form. There was a King and nobles who made the law‚ declared war and decided how to honor the gods. Then there was an assembly of the people who could overrule the king and say‚ “this is not a good law‚ get rid of it”. Mesopotamia was made up of city-states. It was one nation as a whole‚ but each city-state had it’s own government
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