The Epic of Gilgamesh

The epic of gilgamish an epic poem from ancient mesopotamia, considered the earliest known written non religious story. The most complete version existing to day is preserved on 12 damaged clay tablets written by a babylonian scribe somewhere between 13 hundred and a thousand b c. It doesn't make a lot of sense in parts, but it provides some awesome insight into the world's oldest, or at least one of the oldest cultures. In the beginning of the epoch, there is a brief description of the creation of life. According to the old text, originally there was only namu, the primeval sea. Then namu gave birth to on the sky and key the

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