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The Epic of Gilgamesh, which comes to us from around 2000 B.C., tells us of Mesopotamian culture in which the King of Uruk lived, the story itself, which actually predates the Bible by 500 years, and also ties in the stories that can be related to the Bible today. The Epic of Gilgamesh begins with the introduction of the story and then it leads into the actual story which tells us that it all happened before the flood. The flood as we know it, pertains to the biblical story of Noah's Ark.
Gilgamesh was made two thirds god and one third man. In class we discussed the fact that Gilgamesh comes before the Bible but he's not mentioned in the Great Book. Why not? Well, we also discussed that the Hebrews believed in monotheism which is the belief in one god. If they talked about Gilgamesh, who as I said before was made two thirds god, that would disrupt their faith in only one god. As the story moves along, the men who live in Uruk are upset with the king of their city because he......

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