The Epic of Gilgamesh

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The earliest Sumerian versions of the epic date from as early as the Third dynasty of Ur (2150 BC-2000 BC) . The earliest Akkadian versions are dated ...

Wiki even says that this is the oldest known record of any creation story, and it goes like this: Wiki: "The Sumerian creation myth, the ol...

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This Epic is also called He Who Saw Deep or Surpassing All Other Kings. But the name was changed after the Assyrians conquered the Sumerians. I just n...

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Hopefully not the Babylonian tradition.

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The earliest Sumerian versions of the epic date from as early as the Third dynasty of Ur (2150 BC-2000 BC) . The earliest Akkadian versions are dated ...

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