Which epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia is believed to have originated as a series of Sumerian legends and poems about a hero-king, which were gathered into a longer Akkadian poem much later?
The Epic of Gilgamesh It was originally titled He who Saw the Deep or Surpassing All Other Kings. Gilgamesh is listed as a king around 2700 BC. The most complete version existing is on 12 clay tablets in the library collection of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (around 700 BC).
The ancient Greek Antikythera mechanism, retrieved from a shipwreck in 1901 and believed to date from the first century BCE, is similar to which 18th century mechanism?
Which was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of Baghdad?
