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This is a long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero.

What is an Epic?

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This man was made of clay.
Who is Enkidu?
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This is the city of Gilgamesh. 

What is Uruk?

100
This is the type of writing that the epic was written on.
What is cuneiform?
100
The oldest piece of fictional literature known today.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh ?
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This means to be not mortal; not subject to death; undying.

What is immortal?

200
He who saw life; immortal man; distant one. Who Gilgamesh went to, to learn the secret of immortality.
Who is Utnapishtim?
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Enkidu and Gilgamesh fought in the Cedar Forest and defeated this creature.

Who is Humbaba?

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Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh a story that is repeated in other bodies of literature in many other times and places.
What is the Flood Myth?
200

King Gilgamesh was believed to live around this time.

What is somewhere around 2500 B.C.?

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This is what you call the protagonist of an epic poem.
Where is an epic hero?
300
This is the wine goddess who advised Gilgamesh to give up his journey and enjoy life today.
Who is Siduri?
300
This is the body of water that Gilgamesh traveled over to get to Utnapishtim.
What is the Waters of Death?
300
This is the name for worshiping more than one god.
What is polytheism?
300

This is what Gilgamesh ultimately succeeded in doing.

What is achieve immortality?

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This is when the hero dies and comes back to life, either literally or figuratively.
What is resurrection?
400

This is the goddess who was angy at Gilgamesh for insulting her.

Who is Ishtar?

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This place is known as the "house of dust" and darkness whose inhabitants eat clay.
What is the underworld or death?
400
This is the name for the Mesopotamian civilization to which Gilgamesh belonged.
What is Sumerian?
400
This is the main theme of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
What is accepting one's own immortality?
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This is the Mesopotamian goddess of creation.
Who is Aruru?
500
Gilgamesh saw Shamash here.
What is Garden of the Gods?
500

This is the name for the great pyramid temples built in ancient Mesopotamia.

What are Ziggurats?

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There are many similarities between Utnapishtim's story and this story.
What is the story of Noah and the ark?