{"id":32405,"date":"2024-09-11T19:01:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T19:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/reading-ancient-writings-to-contextualize-ancient-cultures-and-our-own-while-were-at-it-the-ancient-near-east-and-ancient-egypt\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T19:01:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T19:01:22","slug":"reading-ancient-writings-to-contextualize-ancient-cultures-and-our-own-while-were-at-it-the-ancient-near-east-and-ancient-egypt","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/reading-ancient-writings-to-contextualize-ancient-cultures-and-our-own-while-were-at-it-the-ancient-near-east-and-ancient-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Ancient Writings to Contextualize Ancient Cultures (and our own while we\u2019re at it): The Ancient Near East and Ancient Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"

We can gain insight into the artwork of a culture by better understanding the stories they tell. Additionally, we can understand a work of art by understanding its iconography. To understand iconography allow us to \u2018read\u2019 an artwork. Look for characters found in these stories which connect to the images and objects from our class (Ex. Inanna, Ishtar, Gilgamesh, Osiris).<\/span><\/p>\n

In a cohesive academic essay, choose one of the following ancient works of literature (poetry, mythology, religious texts) to read and respond to. These are some of the oldest works ever recorded, dating to around 2000 BCE. Some elements may sound very familiar; some elements will be very strange. Most of these works are fragmentary (some parts are missing), so doing additional research (like a Wikipedia search) is crucial to understanding these works.<\/span><\/p>\n

Include a brief summary of the work. Include a few quotes from the text, so the reader can get a sense for the flavor and content of the work. Try to connect subjects of the stories to the artworks from our class. Most importantly in your response, what do you think of this work? How does this story compare to some of the stories we tell today? Can you relate to the theme(s) presented in this ancient work of literature? Try to connect subjects of the stories to the artworks from our class.<\/span><\/p>\n

Choose one of the following literary works from the Ancient Near East and Ancient Egypt to write about in a cohesive academic essay<\/span><\/p>\n


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The \u2018Epic of Gilgamesh\u2019 is the longest but most rewarding. An epic (the 1st epic!) filled with adventure, heroes, monsters, a bromance, and a quest for ever-lasting life.<\/span>
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The Epic of Gilgamesh<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.aina.org\/books\/eog\/eog.pdf<\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ever lose your lover and wanted them back? Even if you had to go the realm of the dead to retrieve them? \u2018The Descent of Ishtar into the Underworld\u2019 is the story for you. The prototype for all future \u2018to go to hell and back\u2019 stories.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Descent of Ishtar into the Underworld<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/ane\/ishtar.htm<\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Have you ever been curious about how the world began? \u2018The Epic of Creation\u2019 is the Sumerian version of the story.<\/span><\/p>\n

Epic of Creation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/ane\/enuma.htm<\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


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\u2018The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi\u2019 is a story about an arranged marriage. Inanna isn\u2019t so excited about it, at first.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/web.ics.purdue.edu\/~kdickson\/inanna.html<\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n


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Did you know that the earliest known author\/editor was a woman? Her name was Enheduanna, daughter to Sargon I.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hymnal Prayers and Poems of Enheduanna<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/classicalarthistory.weebly.com\/library\/enheduanna-poems<\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


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Ancient Writings from Egypt<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ever wonder what happens when you die? The Egyptian \u2018Book of the Dead\u2019 is a loose collection of texts consisting of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person’s journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Book of the Dead or The Going Forth By Day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/oi.uchicago.edu\/sites\/oi.uchicago.edu\/files\/uploads\/shared\/docs\/saoc37.pdf<\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


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Ancient Writings from Egypt<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ever wonder what happens when you die? The Egyptian \u2018Book of the Dead\u2019 is a loose collection of texts consisting of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person’s journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Book of the Dead or The Going Forth By Day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/oi.uchicago.edu\/sites\/oi.uchicago.edu\/files\/uploads\/shared\/docs\/saoc37.pdf<\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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