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2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. 2900 BC- First Mariote Kingdom founded. 2890 BC: Egypt: Pharaoh Qa'a died. End of First Dynasty, start of Second Dynasty. Pharaoh Hotepsekhemwy started to rule. 2890 BC – Akkadian language names are recorded from about this time period.
- 28th Century BC
The 28th century BC was a century that lasted from the year...
- 30th Century BC
c. 3000 BC: Jawa, Jordan is founded along with the world's...
- 28th Century BC
Death toll estimates for some of the deadliest wars. This is a list of events that have caused a measurable drop in the total human population. The list covers the name of the event, location and the start and end of each event. Some events may belong in more than one category.
People in the 29th century BC. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Jump to navigation Jump to search. People by century: Category:29th-century BC people. Wikimedia category. Upload media. Wikipedia. Instance of.
370s BC deaths (9 C, 5 P) 380s BC deaths (7 C, 6 P) 390s BC deaths (7 C, 3 P) 400s BC deaths (10 C, 10 P) 410s BC deaths (8 C, 3 P) 420s BC deaths (8 C, 9 P) 430s BC deaths (5 C, 9 P) 440s BC deaths (7 C, 2 P) 450s BC deaths (6 C, 5 P)
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About 15,000 fragments of Assyrian cuneiform tablets were discovered in the Library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh by Austen Henry Layard, his assistant Hormuzd Rassam, and W. K. Loftus in the early 1850s. Late in the following decade, the British Museum hired George Smith to study these; in 1872, Smith read translated fragments before the Society of B...
Distinct sources exist from over a 2000-year timeframe. The earliest Sumerian poems are now generally considered to be distinct stories, rather than parts of a single epic. Some of these may date back to as early as the Third Dynasty of Ur (c.2100 BC). The Old Babylonian tablets (c.1800 BC) are the earliest surviving tablets for a single Epic of Gi...
Relationship to the Bible
Various themes, plot elements, and characters in the Hebrew Bible have been suggested to correlate with the Epic of Gilgamesh – notably, the accounts of the Garden of Eden, the advice from Ecclesiastes, and the Genesis flood narrative.
Influence on Homer
Numerous scholars have drawn attention to various themes, episodes, and verses, indicating that the Epic of Gilgamesh had a substantial influence on both of the epic poems ascribed to Homer. These influences are detailed by Martin Litchfield West in The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth. According to Tzvi Abusch of Brandeis University, the poem "combines the power and tragedy of the Iliad with the wanderings and marvels of the Odyssey. It is a work of advent...
Alexander legends
In the Alexander Romance and many subsequent legends of Alexander the Great, Alexander is on a quest to find the Fountain of Lifeand become immortal. This was inspired by myths of Gilgamesh's quest for eternal youth in the face of his mortality; despite the influence, there are two main differences. The first is that Gilgamesh seeks the plant of youth whereas Alexander seeks the water of life. The second is that the motif of the snake shedding its skin in the Gilgamesh legend is replaced in t...
Translations of the legends of Gilgamesh in the Sumerian language can be found in Black, J.A., Cunningham, G., Fluckiger-Hawker, E, Robson, E., and Zólyomi, G., The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumeri...An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic by Anonymous at Project Gutenberg, edited by Morris Jastrow, translated by Albert T. ClayThe Epic of Gilgamesh, Complete Academic Translation by R. Campbell Thompson- Aaron Shaffer, Herbert Mason, Jean Bottéro, Stephen Mitchell, Andrew George, Morris Jastrow, Albert ...
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2800s BC. Categories: Births – Deaths. Establishments – Disestablishments. The 29th century BC is a century which was from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC.
Category:Deaths by time. Category. : Deaths by time. Due to the scope of this category, it should only contain subcategories. This category has people organized by when they died. See also Category:Births by time for people organized by when they were born. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deaths by year.
