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Lecture 4-Mesopotamian
Literature
Destruction of Ashurbnaipal’s
Library
Epic Poetry
Themes and Messages
Legend of Gilgamesh
Subject
Versions
Bilgames Stories
Bilgames and Agga
Bilgames and the Cedar Mountain
Bilgames and the Bull of Heaven
Bilgames and the Netherworld
The Death of Bilgames
The Epic of Creation
The Descent of Inanna
and Dumuzi’s Death
The Defeat of Zu
Fragmentary epics
Story of Atrahasis
Story of Adapa
Lugalbanda and the Thunderbird
Histories
Legal Documents
Code of Hammurabi
Hymns and Prayers
Prayer to the
Gods of the
Night
Hymns
Prayers
Lamentations
Social Satire
Animal stories
Fictional letters or contracts
Mesage
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