The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.

While Gilgamesh was apparently a real king who ruled the Sumerian city-state of Uruk around 2750 B.C., his deeds certainly didn't diminish in the retelling, and the real man was eventually ...

These included Kish, Uruk, Ur, Nippur, ... in Sumerian in the early second millennium B.C. centered on the adventures and accomplishments of a legendary king of Uruk, Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh, the hero of this ancient epic, is part God and part man. He is the pious king of the city-state of Uruk. He is a great builder and a dreamer. Of great but at first unguided power, and with ...

Gilgamesh's domain, Uruk, was a real place that grew into a vast urban center during the 4th millennium BCE and is considered by many to be the world's first real city.

Bartle Bull’s “Land Between the Rivers” is a sweeping and superbly written epic, from Gilgamesh fortifying Uruk, the “ur-city of all humanity,” around 2700 B.C. to the murder of Iraq’s ...

Presents an English version of the epic poem which dates from the third millenium B.C., telling of the adventures of Gilgamesh, the great king of Uruk, and his search for immortality. Date 1972 Call ...

The imposing Eliot Hall, who grew up in West Marin, stars as the eponymous Gilgamesh, the unquestioned ruler of Uruk. He’s powerful but aware of his mortality.

An ancient, epic poem from Mesopotamian mythology that is considered one of the earliest works of literature in human history. This story is centred around the legendary king of Uruk, who is ...