The Epic of Gilgamesh

Facts!

- world's first piece of literature seen as an epic poem

- is estimated to have been written in 3000-2000 BCE

- was a myth based upon a real king named Gilgamesh who was a strong and successful ruler of that time

- written on 11 stone and clay Tablets

- intertwined the concepts of life then with religion

- proved the beginnings of literacy in Mesopotamia