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5 days ago · Gilgamesh (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ə m ɛ ʃ /, / ɡ ɪ l ˈ ɡ ɑː m ɛ ʃ /; Akkadian: 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦, romanized: Gilgameš; originally Sumerian: 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌, romanized: Bilgames) was a hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC.
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The Gilgamesh flood myth is a flood myth in the Epic of...
- Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ə m ɛ ʃ /) is an epic...
- Gilgamesh (Disambiguation)
Fictional characters. Gilgamesh, the protagonist of the...
- Enkidu
Enkidu (Sumerian: 𒂗𒆠𒄭 EN.KI.DU 10) was a legendary figure in...
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Humbaba (Ḫumbaba; 𒄷𒌝𒁀𒁀, Ḫûmbaba, with an optional...
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Cuneiform tablet with the Atra-Hasis epic in the British...
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4 days ago · hide. (Top) 1st millennium BC. 1st millennium. 2nd millennium. 3rd millennium. See also.
2 days ago · In the late Bronze Age, from the late 2nd millennium to the early 1st millennium BC, a fourth wave, the Proto-Villanovan culture, brought iron-working to the Italian peninsula.
May 5, 2024 · During the 2nd millennium BC, Ancient Egyptian texts use the term "Canaan" to refer to an Egyptian-ruled colony, whose boundaries generally corroborate the definition of Canaan found in the Hebrew Bible, bounded to the west by the Mediterranean Sea, to the north in the vicinity of Hamath in Syria, to the east by the Jordan Valley, and to the ...
May 2, 2024 · From the 4th Millennium BCE to the 2nd Millennium BCE, hundreds of proto-cities in the Near East, Egypt, and the Indus Valley transition into city-states. Records of those geopolitical changes are complicated by mythologization, historical revisionism , missing information, lack of corroborating primary sources , and lack of archeological ...
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Apr 26, 2024 · Hittite, member of an ancient Indo-European people who appeared in Anatolia at the beginning of the 2nd millennium bce; by 1340 bce they had become one of the dominant powers of the Middle East. Probably originating from the area beyond the Black Sea, the Hittites first occupied central Anatolia, making their capital at Hattusa (modern Boğazköy).
May 2, 2024 · 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade.
