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What does the Epic of Gilgamesh tell us about life, death, and the afterlife in ancient Mesopotamia? What was the afterlife like? What were the Gods and Goddesses like and why did they create people?

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Assessments

Choose one option: Option A: Please post a minimum of 400 words about the importance of the Greek mystery religions. What exactly were they? What did they offer people? This is really good: ;http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece. Option B: Please post a minimum of 400 words discuss of the importance of the Negative Confession in Egypt. What was […]

How is the story of the flood in the “Epic of Gilgamesh” similar/different to the story of Noah?

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Assessments

Ancient Mesopotamia; Epic of Gilgamesh Read (1) Turner, Chapter 1.1 to 1.2.1 (pages 1-15; 166-171); (2) The following two selections on Blackboard: (a) Shamash Hymn; (b) Epic of Gilgamesh (3) THEN, answer the following questions with a one or two sentence response to each question: 1) How important was religion in the lives of Mesopotamian […]

Explain what ways are “ The Epic of Gilgamesh and The General Prologue to the Canterbuchory Tales” Timeless and Placeless?

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Assessments

The Epic of Gilgamesh and The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales In an essay explain what ways are “ The Epic of Gilgamesh and The General Prologue to the Canterbuchory Tales” Timeless and Placeless?

How are the Greek Gods different from the ones in Gilgamesh?Explain your answer.

Posted on August 26, 2022 by Assessments

Read The Iliad and Gilgamesh and answer the following 2 questions Compare Gilgamesh and Achilles as heros. How are the Greek Gods different from the ones in Gilgamesh?

Write a 4-5 page paper that answers the following question:Using the novel 1984 as your foundation answer What is Justice?

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Ambrose

Answer to what is Justice- Righting a wrong Write a 4-5 page paper that answers the following question: Using the novel 1984 as your foundation answer What is Justice? You will use other materials from the course as well, such as Plato, Gilgamesh, Antigone, etc, but base the argument on 1984 (George Owell). The key, […]

Compare and contrast the accounts of the Flood in Gilgamesh and in The Hebrew Bible (Genesis: chapters 6-9). [Focus on the divine motivation for the Flood and the moral-ethical implication of the two accounts].

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Ambrose

Compare and contrast the accounts of the Flood in Gilgamesh and in The Hebrew Bible (Genesis: chapters 6-9). [Focus on the divine motivation for the Flood and the moral-ethical implication of the two accounts].

Enkidu’s important role in correcting the appalling tyranny of Gilgamesh at the opening of the story mirrors the fact that his death propels Gilgamesh to face the difficult reality of inescapable death and to realize what it is about life that is really of value.Discuss

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Ambrose

Enkidu’s important role in correcting the appalling tyranny of Gilgamesh at the opening of the story mirrors the fact that his death propels Gilgamesh to face the difficult reality of inescapable death and to realize what it is about life that is really of value.