Gilgamesh & Ancient Mesopotamia

Name _____________________

Period_____________________

Date_____________________

Last stop before we begin our travel What are some 21st century influences I identified? Make note of their power.

Make note of some important discoveries others made on Socrative.

Ancient Mesopotamia Where is Mesopotamia today? _____________

Why may it be important for us to look at where our story will take place? Make note
of what you think here:

What are some discoveries your peers made?

Mesopotamia means_________________

Gilgamesh in Ancient Mesopotamia When was Mesopotamians' Bronze age?

What were the Sumerian’s first to develop?

How could an old story like the Epic of Gilgamesh be valuable to the people of our
time? Note some thoughts and discoveries by peers.

Specifically, our story was _________ &

takes place around ____ _BC.
Real Clay Tablet of Gilgamesh Where and when were the tablets lost and found?
________________________________

Our text is an English translation from the tablets and it sounds like
______________ to me.

Make note of how the broken tablets may have impacted our current interpretations
of our story. Also, anything interesting peers have noted.

How many tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh

exist? ______
Ms. McGuff’s Introduction The _______ were the go-between the Gods and the people. The Sumerians were
________which means they believed in many _______. This heavily impacted their
________ including their _________. Gilgamesh is the semi_____ king of Uruk he
was a ________ __meaning: one who possess characteristics of God and a mortal.
Gilgamesh reigned for _______years!

Why does Ms. McGuff calls Gilgamesh a “semi-mythic” King of Uruk? How did
Gilgamesh get his title? How may have the Sumerian's religious beliefs influenced
Gilgamesh’s identity as the “semi-mythic” King during this period? Also, do you
Three technological achievements from the think he was real? Make note:
video:
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Label ! Knowing what we know now, what if you lived during this period? Where would
you want to be on this social ladder?
Gilgamesh in an __________ poem An epic poem is a long narrative poem, usually __________ out loud to an audience,
about the great deeds of a hero or the epic hero. The _______________ embodies the
values of a society & is the most noble individual in society.

How significant may have it been for stories, like the Epic of Gilgamesh, be read out
loud in Ancient Mesopotamia? Who would they be teaching lessons and what kind
of lessons

Gilgamesh is half god & half human

taking up the_________ of the Ancient
Sumerian _________________.
Qualities of an__________ Hero 1. What does an epic hero do for society or himself?

Ex. Wonder woman trying to save the world and her Amazonian society.

2. An epic hero has _________________or may have the supernatural being aiding
him through_________________.
Ex. ________________________________

3. The Epic Hero overcomes all _________________ faced through his journey.
Ex. Hercules makes it back from Hades

Qualities of an__________ Hero 4. It is often necessary for him to contact with a regular human to succeed his
journey.
Ex. ________________ has help from Steve Trevor.
5. What does the epic hero experience?

Ex. Wonder woman wants to save planet Earth.

7. Epic heroes live on after death through either immortality or by society

remembering him

What does Ms. Chavez show in the last slide? Was she funny?