CLASS 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Spurn, Cedar Forest, Utnapishtim
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Ziggurat, cuneiform (abraham and his family thought to have left southern mesopotamia c. 1900 b. c. ) from western iran to egypt; capital city: nineveh (epic of gilgamesh found in library of asshurbanipal during excavation of site) Babylonians (semitic; c. 2000-1600 b. c. ) in central iraq. Assyrians (semitic; c. 1200-600 b. c. ) in northern iraq; established empire extending. The epic of gilgamesh checklist (sandars penguin edition) Mesopotamia (essentially = modern iraq): means area between the rivers, i. e. , tigris and euphrates rivers. Kings from sumerian king-list around whom heroic cycles formed. Lugulbanda, 3rd ruler of the first post-diluvian (great flood) dynasty of uruk. Gilgamesh, 5th ruler of the first post-diluvian dynasty of uruk (historical king c. 2700 b. c. ) Sin: god of the moon (father of shamash, ishtar, and ereskigal) Ea (sweet waters): god of wisdom and friend of mankind. Other important characters in the epic of gilgamesh. Utnapishtim and his wife plant that makes old men young serpent.
