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Name: Gilgamesh the King

Author: Ludmila Zeman
Year: 1993
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Children, Picture books, History, Classic

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ISBNs:
9780887764370
0887764371

Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer, another kind of man, Enkidu, is sent to earth to live among the animals and learn kindness from them. He falls in love with Shamhat, a singer from the temple, and he follows her back to Uruk. There, Enkidu, the "uncivilized" beast from the forest, shows the evil Gilgamesh through friendship what it means to be human.

This book is part of the "The Gilgamesh Trilogy" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"The Last Quest of Gilgamesh"
First published in 1995
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"The Revenge of Ishtar"
First published in 1993
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