Shamash

BILKENT UNIVERSITY PROGRAM IN CULTURES, CIVILIZATIONS, AND IDEAS HUMANITIES 111: ANTIQUITY SUMMER 2015 COURSE PROJECT THE MOVIE: GILGAMESH NAME&SURNAME: İREM KARAKAYA NUMBER: 21300982 SECTION: HUM111-02 TEACHER'S NAME: Dr. PAUL KIMBALL It is known that Gilgamesh and Enkidu are most important characters in Epic of Gilgamesh. Almost all events happen around them. We see that in the ancient time ( approximately 2100 BC) Gilgamesh was king of Uruk. Uruk is the antique Sumerian city and it…

unveiled by imagery. In “The Battle with Humbaba”, Gilgamesh, the main hero of the epic, is presented as a strong mortal man. In this section of the epic, Gilgamesh comes face-to-face with Humbaba, the guardian of the forest. “Then Gilgamesh called to Shamash and his tears were flowing” (Sandars 17). This piece of imagery provides an image…

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…

Title: Epic of Arkadia Genre: Role-Playing, Adventure Theme: Betrayal and Redemption Historical Context: The context of the game is based during the time the Epic of Gilgamesh took place. Ancient Mesopotamia around 2100 – 1400 BC. Setting: A fictional land called Arkadia that is based upon ancient Mesopotamia and Greece. Environment: Ancient times in a fictional land based off of Mesopotamia and Greece. There are seven main cities that are roughly based on the ancient cities of…

This work, from the Mesopotamia period dated ca. 3,000-500 BCE, is by an unknown artist and is titled Stele of Hammurabi. During the Mesopotamia period, pictograms were used in order to communicate ideas with each other and to administrate and keep records of people as well as the commercial transactions. But, there was a need for writing so over time the pictograms became part of the writing system known as cuneiform. That is why on the back of this work are 28 columns in “if” and “then”…

others. Gilgamesh realizes this, which provokes him to battle Humbaba at Cedar Forest. This battle will ensure that he is glorious and never forgotten, therefore, immortal in the minds of his people. Before he leaves to Cedar Forest, he prays to Shamash where he again echoes the fact that men cannot live forever. In the prayer he says he will “set up [his] name where the names of famous men are written; and where no man’s name is written [he] will raise a monument to the gods.” He wants to be…

When looking back to ancient civilizations like Egypt and Mesopotamia, one can learn many interesting things about how each ruled their kingdoms. Many creations from each survive today and are considered part of the world’s wonders. This makes their monarchy’s worth close study to compare how each were able to create such wondrous structures, art and governments within their diverse geographies. While comparing and contrasting Egyptian pharaohs with Mesopotamian kings, one can see how both their…

282 of them, Hammurabi tried to protect the weak. He also tried to help orphans, widows, and the oppressed (Doc B). He says he got the laws from Shamash, the god of justice, to make the laws fair (BGE, Doc A, Doc B). Everyone has many different ideas on Hammurabi’s code, like if Hammurabi’s laws are fair or if Hammurabi actually got the laws from Shamash. Or even if Hammurabi actually wanted to protect the weak. Was Hammurabi’s code actually just? Hammurabi’s code isn’t just, in the areas of…

Hammurabi was a very famous king, known for his code of laws. These laws were said to be written by Hammurabi to create order and fairness in his kingdom. Hammurabi was instructed to create this specific code of laws by the god of justice, Shamash. Even though Shamash instructed these laws, he never signed the code himself. The laws, names of gods, and writings were carved into a large stone like pillar called a stele (BGE, Doc A). Hammurabi’s code, was it just? The famous code of laws…

What is Hanukkah? Eight day celebration which celebrates the events during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem According to one of Judaism’s central texts, called the Talmud, Judah Maccabee and the others who were involved in the rededication of the Second Temple thought they saw a miracle. There was only supposed to be enough oil to keep the menorah’s candles burning for one day, but, the flames stayed lit for eight nights, giving them enough time more oil.…