CLEP Western Civ I

Category - Ancient Near East

The best known work of literature created in the Ancient Near East is the Epic of:
  1. Hammurabi
  2. Gilgamesh
  3. Tutankhamen
  4. Abraham
  5. Amenhotep
Explanation
Answer: B - The Epic of Gilgamesh is the best known literary work from the Ancient Near East. Gilgamesh was a king of Uruk, a city in Sumer, Mesopotamia. The story details his adventures with Enkidu, a wild man who was created by the gods to balance Gilgamesh’s power. Much of the story as it is known today survived the ages on twelve tablets, though additional poems and stories about Gilgamesh are recounted through other sources. Gilgamesh likely lived around the 25th century BCE. The earliest known artifacts bearing his story have been dated as far back as 2150 BCE, though historic records from Gilgamesh’s time corroborate details from the story.
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