CLASS 40 Lecture 7: Greek Mythology Michele
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German words tend to be concrete and just one syllable. Ancient sumer, southern modern-day iraq; bordered along persian gulf. People of ancient sumer were not sure if they were indigenous of the area or if they were from china/mongolian. Movements of people across northern siberia; people of northern. Migrations from west to east as well; found graves in northwestern. China and borders of mongolia; they were fighting chinese emperors in 2,000s; they were mercenaries. Sumerians are an entity of people in southern iraq y 3,200 bc; around then they invent writing. Sumerians start out as tribal units then form confederacy and then the state formation, then to an empire. Gilgamesh one of the earliest stories we have. Gilgamesh supposedly 5th king after the great deluge (flood story?) To be a sumerian god you must be full god, you cant just be part god. Mother is a goddess and father is king or priest (there are a few different stories)
