HIST 1001 Chapter : HIST 1001
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*ppl needed to live near a source of water to farm the land. Needed to have a leader to make them work and build things. That leader would often claim to be holy so ppl would feel the need to follow him. *mesopotamians were some of the first to study astrology. *needed to understand the weather to be able to crop successfully. Ppl complained to gods about his partying so the send a god named enkidu to take care of him but the god and gilgamesh end up party buddies. Gods kill him in a slow wasting away state. Gilgamesh goes on a journey to find everlasting life but is told no that he will die bc he is human and only gods are immortal. This story shows ppl that their king is human too but also how powerful the gods are. *even though these different tribes of sumerians, akkadians, assyrians,
