Mesopotamians

Based on your reading of the “Epic of Gilgamesh,” would you say the Mesopotamians had a positive or negative view of their gods and the afterlife? 

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 […]

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