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CIVILIZATIONS OF THE
Ancient World Ancient World
Sumer and Semitic Mesopotamia
Sumer The Epic of Gilgamesh Writing Semitic Mesopotamia
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Ancient Ancient World World Sumer and Semitic Mesopotamia M E E - - PDF document
Ancient Ancient World World Sumer and Semitic Mesopotamia M E E - - PDF document
9/21/18 CIVILIZATIONS OF THE Ancient Ancient World World Sumer and Semitic Mesopotamia M E E T I N G 4 Sumer The Epic of Gilgamesh Writing Semitic Mesopotamia SUMER 1 9/21/18 Ziggurat Rivalry for resources warfare 2
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The deluge Life and afterlife
WRITING
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Forms of writing
PICTOGRAPHS
Each character represents a word or a concept
Cuneiform Hieroglyphs
SYLLABARIES
Each character represents a syllable (consonant + vowel)
Linear B Arcado-Cypriot
ALPHABETS
Each character represents a sound
Greek Arcado-Cypriot
Cuneiform Hieroglyphs
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Hieroglyphs: cartouche From stone to papyrus
THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
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King Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Ways of looking at the Epic
Gilgamesh as a priest-king Gilgamesh as a mortal Gilgamesh as a man
Characters
Gilgámesh king of Úruk Nínsun his divine mother Enkídu his friend Shámhat a prostitute in Úruk Shámash sun-god Humbába forest guardian Íshtar great goddess Úta-napíshti survivor of the Flood
King Gilgamesh
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