Gilgamesh the King tells the first part of the classic epic of Gilgamesh and is an exciting and dramatic illustrated text to go alongside your Ancient Sumer topic. Gilgamesh is half-god and half-man. He starts off as a cruel and tyrannical ruler of his people, but soon learns about kindness and friendship thanks to the intervention of the Sun god.
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