gilgamesh Flashcards
2100
1st EOG stories created
Akkadian
they guys who take over sumeria. they kept cuneiform tho
mesopotanian cylander seals
lol signature things
babylonians
they take over after akkadia falls. compile 1st long for gilgamesh.
1st gilgamesh big story
“surpassing all other kings” 1850
Hammurabi
eye for eye guy
King Nebuchadnezzar II
the guy who conquered Jerusalem
Assyrians
not the akkadians. made 4 copys of EOG
1250
he who saw the deep; written by sin leqi unninni
lacuna
missing stuff
shamhat
temple maiden/prostitute. physical manifestation of god through sex
eanna
uruk’s downtown
uruk
gilgamesh’s hometown
anu
aloof sky god
enlil
god of earth, doer of things
Ea
friendly god of wisdom who helped make humanity
ereshkigal/irakalla
underworld goddess
istar
goddess of sex/war
shamash
dumb god of sun. bffs with gilgamesh
sin
moon god; son of enlil
ninson
mom of gilgamesh
aruru
mother god w/ea
shiduri
goddess of wine
ninurta
god of hunt
