Gilgamesh
Enkidu
The Journey
The Flood
Sumerian History
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What makes Gilgamesh different from other Sumerians?
He is part god (2/3 god, 1/3 man)
100
What is Enkidu's relationship with Gilgamesh?
They are best friends forever
100
What is Gilgamesh searching for on his journey?
Everlasting life
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Who is the hero of the flood?
Utnapishtim
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Sumerians lived in walled _______-________.
city-states
200
Gilgamesh is the ruler of what city-state?
Uruk
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Why is Enkidu created?
To combat Gilgamesh for the people of the city who despise Gilgamesh.
200
What convinces Gilgamesh to go on his journey?
The death of Enkidu
200
Why do the gods decide to start the flood?
The people are too noisy, and the gods can't sleep.
200
What was their system of writing called?
Cuneiform
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What happens in Gilgamesh's dream(s) that he shares with his mother?
He befriends a meteor that fell from Heaven; he befriends an ax that appears in the city.
300
Why do the gods decide to kill Enkidu?
For the death of Humbaba and The Bull of Heaven, for the insults to Ishtar, and for cuttting down the sacred forest.
300
Who tells Gilgamesh to turn back on his quest?
Shamash and Siduri
300
How does Utnapishtim hear about the flood?
Ea instructs him in a dream.
300
What was their biggest natural resource?
Clay/mud
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When Gilgamesh says he has "gained nothing" from his journey, what does he now accept?
He now accepts death, and sees that he wasted his time with this journey.
400
Where does Enkidu travel to in his dream?
The underworld
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Why must Gilgamesh make 120 poles to cross a sea?
He broke Urshanabi the ferryman's sacred objects that protect them from the waters of death.
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Who openly feels remorse for the flood?
Ishtar.
400
How long ago did the Sumerians begin living in Mesopotamia?
5000 BC (7000 years ago)
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What is Gilgamesh's last speech in the text about? (what is the subject?)
His city and its people.
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What does Enkidu's dream reveal about Sumerian beliefs about dreams?
They foretell the future
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What is the lesson to be learned from the journey? (what is the THEME of this story?)
Embrace your life while you can, because life is NOT forever.
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Who gives Utnapishtim everlasting life?
Enlil
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Name something that contributed to Sumerians' negative view of life?
1. The couldn't predict their weather 2. They had gods that behaved in rash ways 3. They didn't believe in a happy afterlife
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