The Gilgamesh Epic is an Epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature.
The first surviving Version of this combined epic, known as the "Old Babylonian" version, dates to th.
These independent stories were later used as source material for a combined epic.
The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about \'Bilgamesh\' (Sumerian for \'Gilgamesh\'), king of Uruk, dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur (circa 2100 BC).
The Gilgamesh Epic is an Epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature