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    ‘The Epic of Gilgamesh’ is an enthralling tale that has incorporates violence, sex, companionship, and the uncertainty of death into an epic poem, which alludes to cultural normalities of Ancient Mesopotamia. The use and approval of sex and prostitutes rather than its condemnation in our society is one such cultural normality. Though the cultural differences between our society and the Ancient Mesopotamian society are quite obvious, there are similarities shown throughout the epic and the author…

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    Neo-Babylonian Period, 604-561 BCE. The striding lion with an open mouth was lined the Processional Way to the Temple of Marduk from Ishtar Gate at Babylon. The size is 41 3/4 in. by 91 5/16 in. Glazed bricks. The striding lion is a symbol of Ishtar, the goddess of Love and War. All 120 lions were protecters of Babylon and at the same time were leading the way from Ishtar Gate to the Marduk Temple. Neo-Babylonian used animals as symbols of gods. In this paper, I will try to expand this idea.…

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    Literary and artistic practices have long since given us an idea about the practices and culture within ancient civilizations, that we are still attempting to discover information today. Two civilizations that we have received the most knowledge about through their written text are Mesopotamia and Egypt. For the Egyptian perspective, The Instructions of Merikare, a letter addressed from a father to a son about how to be an effective pharaoh, is able to be analyzed to determine facts about…

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    Mesopotamian. The monument was dedicated and named after Ishtar, the Babylonian Goddess of; love, fertility, war and sex. (Wikipedia) If thou openest not the gate to let me enter, I will break the door, I will wrench the lock, I will smash the door-posts, I will force the doors. I will bring up the dead to eat the living. And the dead will outnumber the living. (Ishtar). I believe this reference gives us an interesting peek into the character of Ishtar and Nebuchadnezzar…

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    creation of the Cedar Door occurs. This door demonstrates strength and glory, a devotion for the gods. Their original plan was to just defeat and kill Humbaba to gain fame. Continuing, the defeat of the Bull of Heaven, which was sent by the angry goddess Ishtar, proved worthiness and might. Although strength and power were important to them, in the end they gained knowledge that would result in making them…

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    bring him back to society. She is not only a sexual figure to Enkidu, but also is a maternal figure for him when introducing him to civilization. She cleans him up, teaches him how to eat, drink, and dress. Another woman in The Epic of Gilgamesh is Ishtar, who tries to use her sexuality and power to seek to marry Gilgamesh. He denied her advances, which makes her infuriated. She sends the Bull of Heaven down to earth to punish Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Gilgamesh slays the Bull of Heaven, so she…

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    Kingship of Hammurabi and Naram-Sin For many kings in the ancient near east, a vital part of their rule was their justification of power. Without some sort of justification, a king could face rebellions and other challenges to power. So, many kings used divine influence to lay claims to their positions. How close their connections to the divine were, depended on their portrayal of kingship. Hammurabi presents himself as a king whose role is to bring justice in the Babylonian Empire, recording…

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    In return for the knowledge Enkidu picks up from the temple harlot he loses a few things as a result. In The Epic Of Gilgamesh, the goddess created Enkidu in a representation of many gods with bestial characteristics, and he was " innocent of mankind; he knew nothing of the cultivated land." However, subsequent to lying with the temple harlot for 6 days he lost his bestial qualities and turned out to be totally human. The wild amusement that had once acknowledged him as a piece of their reality…

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    In Gilgamesh, translated by N.K. Sanders, readers witness an unbreakable bond of friendship through the characters of Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Enkidu was created by the gods to be Gilgamesh’s companion. They both guided each other through harsh times and were each other’s crutch. They shared a bond that could only be broken by death. When Enkidu passed away, it was clear how much of an impact it had on Gilgamesh. The friendship completely transformed his personality and stirred up emotions within…

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    You may not be able to control what happens to you but you can control what happens within you. People usually find themselves when they gain or lost something special to them. Love is priceless and death is inevitable. Love can change a person’s perception of certain things or change them completely as a person. Gilgamesh is a king who is known for is cruelty and selfishness. He commits so many atrocities that even the gods could not stop him. Finally, they came up with an idea that can…

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