Atlantis: Fact or Conjecture?
Very little is known about Atlantis. There have been stories that the Atlanteans had vehicles capable of war and flight and were able to do medical miracles. But the only reliable source we have of this lost continent is from Timaeus and Critias, written by Plato over two thousand years ago. In P....

Benjamin Franklin -- Living the
Benjamin Franklin Living the American Dream I was not discouragd by the seeming Magnitude of the Undertaking, as I have always thought that one Man of tolerable Abilities may work great Changes, & accomplish great Affairs among Mankind, if he first forms a good Plan, and, cutting off al....

Between the two rivers
The Epic of Gilgamesh tells an ancient tale of a king: two-thirds god and one-third man. Gilgamesh resides as the strict ruler of the Uruk city and holds tyranny over his people. The Epic describes Gilgamesh's journey to find friends, immortality, and truth. Set it ancient Mesopotamia....

Building empires-a necessity for riverine societies
Building empires-a necessity for riverine societies History is the story of man from the very earliest period to the present day. It is the story of the problems he faced, the successes he encountered and how he adjusted with the environment. It also tells us how man shaped his surroundings accor....

Confrontation of Mortality: American Soldiers, Gilgamesh, Immortality and the Fear of Death
The well developed themes within The Epic of Gilgamesh closely mirror many ideas and themes prevalent in todays world. Through Gilgamesh, a connection between the illusion of immortality and the common fear of death is explored. Today, the confrontation of mortality and the desire for immorta....

finding a god
Religion or human spirituality has been used as a way of giving the experiences an individual has, a meaning based on the belief in a higher power. Religion has been present in many forms throughout most of the major events in human history. It has incited wars, brought peace, and helped sh....

gilgamesh versus gilgamesh
The two cultures I chose to compare heroic values for are the ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Anglo-Saxon cultures. The texts I used in the comparison are Gilgamesh for Mesopotamia and Beowulf for Anglo-Saxon. Although they posses many similar heroic characteristics they also differ greatly. Beowul....

Gilgamesh VS Beowulf
Immortal Life vs. Immortal Name: Gilgamesh and Beowulf Death, fate, immortality, destiny are all the subjects that we tend to want to avoid. We tend not to dwell on this subject of life after death because we are uncomfortable with the unknown. But when we actually allow ourselves to think of t....

Immortal Life vs. Immortal Name: Gilgamesh and Beowulf
Death. Fate. Immortality. Destiny. All are subjects that we tend to avoid. While most of us hope for life after death, we tend not to dwell on this subject because we are uncomfortable with the unknown. On those rare occasions when we allow ourselves to think about the fact that our days are numbere....

Inspirations from the Greeks
The purpose of this paper is to show how the American society has been greatly influenced by ancient Greece. The influences that have affected our society are from Greek people, art, literature, clothing, philosophy, mathematics, science, games, food, schooling, womens life, and religion. The G....

Similarities Between Gilgamesh & Genesis
The Mesopotamian legend, The Epic of Gilgamesh and the stories in Genesis in the bible carry so many similarities. In both stories [the] God(s) became upset with the people on Earth and decided to send a flood (Genesis ch6:5v11). There then was a man (Noah & Ut-Napishtim) chosen to build an ark....

The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh, which comes to us from around 2000 B.C., tells us of Mesopotamian culture in which the King of Uruk lived, the story itself, which actually predates the Bible by 500 years, and also ties in the stories that can be related to the Bible today. The Epic of Gilgamesh begins w....

The epic of gilgamesh (The change from tyranny to a monarchy)
Can a tyranny be changed to a monarchy based on the developing inner-morality of its leader? The Epic of Gilgamesh provides an account of a leader's relationship between his subjects', his friend, the gods, and himself. Through the relationships, Gilgamesh sets out on a quest to find immortality ....

Utnapishtim v Noah
Utnapishtim v. Noah There are many stories of global flood that destroyed earth and all mankind except for one man, his family, and samples of every land animal. The Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by N.K. Sandars, and The Flood in Genesis, parallel each other in many ways. They are so similar th....

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