2 Quotes & Sayings By Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh is the legendary ruler of ancient Sumeria, who lived around 2700 BC. The Sumerians were the first to invent writing and developed many of the first philosophies of mankind. They also invented number, geometry, astronomy, and astrology. Gilgamesh was the last King of Uruk in southern Mesopotamia, which at the time was known as Babylonia. He is famous in fiction for his epic battle against the "Bull of Heaven", Tammuz, the god of vegetation.