Talk about the oldest known heroic epic in human history, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and gilgamesh:
The literature of the ancient Two Rivers Valley is very rich, the most famous of which is The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest known heroic epic in human history. It is the first epic in human history, which has been circulated in Sumerians more than 4,000 years ago, and after thousands of years of processing and refining, it was finally fixed in written form during the ancient Babylonian Kingdom period (19th century BC - 16th century BC) and became a huge work. This epic tells the legendary story of the life of the hero Gilgamesh.
The Epic of Gilgamesh originated from the Third Ur Dynasty (2150 BC – 2000 BC) of the Sumerian period, written in cuneiform script, and later circulated into the ancient Babylonian period. The earliest version of Akkadian appeared in early 2000 BC.
Gilgamesh is the protagonist of the famous ancient literature "The Epic of Gilgamesh" and is written as the son of the goddess Ning Song. In Mesopotamian mythology, Gilgamesh is a demigod with superhuman powers (two-thirds gods and one-third are human, i.e., possessing the wisdom and power of the gods, but not the lifespan of a god), and builds walls to protect the people from external attacks. Rebuild the temple of the goddess Nyinglier, located in Tuma, which is the holy land of the city of Nippor.
Reigning between about 2800 and 2500 BC, he ordered the construction of walls to protect the people from foreign attacks and presided over the construction of huge water conservancy projects.
