The most famous piece of Mesopotamian literature is the Epic of Gilgamesh. This piece of literature is about the life story of Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk. He was two-thirds god and one-third man. He was a wise man and physically very beautiful. He began his reign as a despot. He built many temple towers and high city walls using enforced labor. He also raped many women. It did not matter whether they were married, or a daughter of a nobleman. He didn't care. Gilgamesh's subjects cried to the gods and they created a wild man to keep Gilgamesh in check. This epic begins with the wild man and ends where Gilgamesh travels to the end of the world to discover the secrets of the gods. He wrote them down on stone tablets
