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Lecture 4-Mesopotamian Literature

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Page 1: Lecture 4-Mesopotamian Literature · Lecture 4-Mesopotamian Literature. Destruction of Ashurbnaipal’s Library. Epic Poetry Themes and Messages. Legend of Gilgamesh Subject Versions.

Lecture 4-Mesopotamian

Literature

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Destruction of Ashurbnaipal’s

Library

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Epic Poetry

Themes and Messages

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Legend of Gilgamesh

Subject

Versions

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Bilgames Stories

Bilgames and Agga

Bilgames and the Cedar Mountain

Bilgames and the Bull of Heaven

Bilgames and the Netherworld

The Death of Bilgames

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The Epic of Creation

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The Descent of Inanna

and Dumuzi’s Death

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The Defeat of Zu

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Fragmentary epics

Story of Atrahasis

Story of Adapa

Lugalbanda and the Thunderbird

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Histories

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Legal Documents

Code of Hammurabi

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Hymns and Prayers

Prayer to the

Gods of the

Night

Hymns

Prayers

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Lamentations

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Social Satire

Animal stories

Fictional letters or contracts

Mesage

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