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I started my history of western civilization class this week. My instructor, for one of our assignments, gave us this:

http://eawc.evansville.edu/essays/brown.htm

We are to write our thoughts about Gilgamesh, an ancient ruler who ruled ancient Mesopotamia. But who was Gilgamesh? Is it possible that he was Nimrod? Are there any clues? Most Biblical scholars believe that Gilgamesh was indeed who most of us now know as Nimrod. Here's why (really cool Bible encyclopedia website):


http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/nimrod.html

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This first link has information about the ancient dead language they call Akkadian, which is what the Epic of Gilgamesh was translated from:

http://epos.wordpress.com/epic-poetry-lessons/lesson-3-literary-introduction-to-gilgamesh/

And this second link has 11 parts of the 12 of the Epic of Gilgamesh as it was translated into English:

http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/gilgamesh.htm

and another online encyclopedia that has more info on Gilgamesh and ancient times:

http://www.ancient.eu.com/article/192/

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