Question

The Epic of Gilgamesh explores, among other themes, the Early Dynastic shift away from priestly leaders toward military leaders.

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

The story of Gilgamesh's failure to realize his dream of immortality is the same means by which he achieves it. The epic itself is immortality and has served as a model for any similar story that has been written since then. No doubt, it was widely read before the fall of the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC. and has become increasingly popular and influential since its rediscovery in 1879.

The Epic of Gilgamesh encourages the hope that, although one cannot live forever, the decisions you make in life resonate in the lives of others. These others may be friends, family, acquaintances or they may be strangers who live long after one's death and who are still moved by the eternal story of the hero's refusal to accept a meaningless life.

In the Epic of Gilgamesh it is said that Gilgamesh orders the construction of the legendary walls of Uruk. In historical times, Sargon I of Acad boasted of having destroyed those walls to demonstrate his military might.

Gilgamesh's struggle against the apparent lack of meaning defines it, as it defines anyone who has lived, and his search continues to inspire those who recognize how eternally and intrinsically human that struggle is.