Ancient Middle East Notes
Literary Terms
The Epic of Gilgamesh
In the Beginning
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Invention of writing system
What was one major achievement of the Sumerians?
100
work literature's central insight that is a comment about human behavior
What is theme?
100
a legendary Sumerian king and hero
Who is Gilgamesh?
100
He forces it to crawl on his belly.
What is what does God do to the serpent?
100
She is unable to perform her daily tasks.
What is the problem love causes the speaker in "The Voice of the Wild Goose"?
200
Land bounded by two rivers known as the Fertile Crescent
What is a description of the Land of Sumer?
200
repetition of words and structures
What is parallelism?
200
people had disturbed the Gods' sleep
What is why the gods once tried to destroy humanity?
200
man and woman
What is to which living things does God give the most power?
200
catches geese
What is what the speaker of "The Voice of the Wild Goose" does every day?
300
worshipping one god
What was unique about the Ancient Hebrews religion?
300
story created to to teach a lesson. ends with a moral
What is parable?
300
the gods flee to heaven
What is how do the gods react to the flood?
300
day and night
What is what God creates on the first day?
300
She worries more about her beloved's happiness than her own.
What is how the speaker in "Most Beautiful Youth" is different from the "Wild Goose" speaker?
400
a god who would live forever
What was the pharoah to the Egyptians?
400
conclusion based on fact
What is inference?
400
Enkidu's own death
What is what does Enkidu's dream foretell?
400
eat from the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil
What is what the serpent persuades Eve to do?
400
helpless
What is the speaker's tone as she describes being in love?
500
Their covenant with Yahweh
What continued to unite the Hebrews after the scattering of the tribes?
500
parables rely on this
What is allegory?
500
a land of dust and darkness
What is the Sumerian Underworld?
500
dust
What is what God creates Adam from?
500
She must still explain her actions to her mother
What is the clue that tells you the speaker is a young person?
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