A Look At The First Works Of The World
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History tells us that since we have been able to write, our human
race has had the habit of recording historical tales, or stories. Most of
the first stories were tales of heroic men, scouring their land in search
of some noble prize. These stories are known as epics, and they give us an
excelle ....
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.... the belief that their very lives were in the
hands of their god. This holds true for both the people of biblical times
as well as those of the epic era. However, even as both groups believed in
a supreme being, they harbored different feelings and beliefs about the
subject. In the epic, many gods are mentioned and worshiped, such as
Ninsun and Shamash. These gods can give birth to mortals, and can
communicate with these mortals, usually through dreams. In Genesis, there
is mention of o ....
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