Gilgamesh - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The Epic of Gilgamesh

FYP Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Millennium and Century of Egyptian Old Kingdom (Pyramids) - ANSWERS BCE Millennium and Century of Akkadian Creation Epic - ANSWERS2500 BCE Millennium and Century of Epic of Gilgamesh - ANSWERS2500 BCE Millennium and Century of Old Babylonian Period - ANSWERS2000 BCE Quote Recognition (include work and date): "There is the house whose people sit in darkness; dust is their food and clay their meat. They are clothed like birds with wings fo...

Part 1; Epic Poetry; Gilgamesh Exam Questions and Answers...

"They took hold of each other and, they [linked] their hands like" - ANSWEREpic of Gilgamesh by Andrew George Significance: the moment where Enkidu and Gilgamesh connected for the first time. Their relationship is sentral to the epic and this moment symbolizes the transformative power of their relationship. "Of the plant's fragrance a snake caught secant, came up in [silence], and bore the plant off." - ANSWEREpic of Gilgamesh by Andrew George Significance: represents the ultim...

Bronze Age 3000 B.C.; started in Sumer; time when people started to make tools and weapons out of Bronze rather than copper or stone Iron Age 1500 BC Neolithic Era New Stone Age, 6,000 years ago Results: Growing populations, job specialization, new technology, extensive governments, competition for resources, creation of social classes When did humans first appear? 200,000 BCE-100,000 BCE When did humans start moving to other continents? 100,000-60,000 years ago 3 Sources of History ...

Civilization correct answers A complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a variety of common elements. Four Basic Characteristics: 1- An urban focus 2- A distinct religious structure 3-New political and military structure 4- A new social structure based on economic power 5- New forms of significant artistic and intellectual activities Mesopotamia correct answers Who: Sumerians Four major classes: 1- Royal & priestly officials 2- Dependent Commoners 3- Free Co...

What are the 6 characteristics of civilized societies and of "civilization"? correct answers 1. Urban life--cities. 2. System of government 3. Social classes, wealth, and occupation. 4. Tools and specialized skills for the production of goods, leads to the rise of trade and manufacturing. 5. Some from of written communication. 6. A shared system of religious beliefs. Which of these can be found also in lesser-developed human societies? correct answers Mesopotamia--a story of a succes...

What does Odysseus give to Troy? (Sack of Troy) - Answer-trojan horse - dedication to their gods entrance to Mycenae - Answer-lion gates palace with real king, heavily fortified (25 ft thick wall), most powerful Bronze Age palace - AnswerMycenae Why is the royal cemetery located inside Mycenae palace walls? - Answer-kings are important and rich allows greek army to sneak into gates of Troy and destroy them - Answer-What is Odysseus plan with the trojan horse? family curse - Answer-Mask Of...

Part 2 Epic Hero Gilgamesh Assignment 2023...

Beloved: Lo - Lover: Zeus Beloved: Ishtar - Lover: Gilgamesh Beloved: Hebe - Lover: Heracles Beloved: Andromeda - Lover: Perseus Beloved: Amphitrite - Lover: Poseidon Heroine: Hypermnestra - Description: The only one of her sisters not to kill her husband on her wedding night. Heroine: Alcmena - Description: Mother of Heracles