01:190:207 Lecture 5: Lecture 5
5 Oct 2018
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Discovered the epic of iz-du-bar while reading cuneiform tablets at the british museum on his lunch hour. Died in aleppo, syria 1876 on his way to excavate for more tablets. Soundbox of a harp from excavations at ur. A network of trade networks that connected regions from europe across asia. In addition to trade, ideas and languages also travelled back and forth. A shared set of ideas and material culture among different cultures in a given reason. The account of the flood in ovid is influenced by accounts of the flood from mesopotamia, if it is not a loose translation. Observation 1: all of these stories at least indirectly involve a god who is known to be clever and tricky. Observation 2: the flood takes place in similar ways inlucding the exact length of time for flood. Ziusudra (sumerian) - seven days and seven nights of rain. Deucalion (latin/roman) - nine days and nine nights of rain.
