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What do you know about the epic of Gilgamesh?

Was there are real king by the name of Gilgamesh in Uruk?

Was the story created for a real man?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Gilgamesh and Uruk are both real.

    Many tales from ancient times relate to actual people and places.

    Look at some of the Japanese shinto deities. They are people from their history.

    Before writing was common many stories passed in the oral traditions. This lead to the story getting larger and larger as time goes by. Several thousand year old telephone game then written down makes for a heck of a read.

  • 1 decade ago

    Sorry i don't know,but the city has been found under the dirt,i guess many stories are based on real people.

    It would be good to excavate the whole area and see what is there.

    This says that he was a real king.

    http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/HIS101/Notes/...

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