[DOC] [TLE] Gilgamesh - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Oct 13, 2010 ... Prayers found inscribed on clay tablets address Gilgamesh in the afterlife .... of 
the Sumerian city of Uruk which advanced the writing of cuneiform c. ... in 
Sumeria over 4,000 years ago and the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh is a... [DOC] [TLE] Cuneiform - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Apr 28, 2011 ... Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of 
Mesopotamia c. ... of the Sumerian city of Uruk which advanced the writing of 
cuneiform c. ... cuneiform primarily written on clay tablets was used for a vast 
array ... such as the famous Epic of Gilgamesh were all written in cuneiform. [DOC] [TLE] Clay tablet - Wikipedia [PAR] Pictographs then began to appear on clay tablets around 4000 BC, and after the 
later development of Sumerian cuneiform writing, a more sophisticated partial... [DOC] [TLE] Newsela | Scientists find more lines from poem written in ancient ... [PAR] The Epic of Gilgamesh is a long poem that was written about 4,000 years ago. It 
is the oldest work of literature ever found. It was written on clay tablets using... [DOC] [TLE] Gilgamesh is the ancient Sumerian epic, written some 4,000 years ... [PAR] Gilgamesh is the ancient Sumerian epic, written some 4000 years ago on 
cuneiform clay tablets and rediscovered only in the nineteenth century. It is a 
story that... [DOC] [TLE] The Sumerians. - Ancient-Wisdom [PAR] Sumerian Sciences: Astronomy, Writing, Medicine etc. ... 4,000 B.C. ... In Eridug, 
Alulim became king; he ruled for 28,800 years. ... Amongst the thousands of 
cuneiform clay tablets discovered, there are three major Sumerian texts left to us; 
The Epic of Creation (Enuma Elish), The Epic of the Flood and The Epic of 
Gilgamesh... [DOC] [TLE] history-lists/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-ancient-sumerians [PAR] Dec 16, 2015 ... Sometime around 4000 B.C., ancient Sumerian culture emerged on a sun-
scorched ... so-called King List, a clay tablet that documents the names of most 
of the ancient ... Cuneiform writing was used for over 3,000 years. ... The hero of 
the Epic of Gilgamesh was probably a real Sumerian historical figure. [DOC] [TLE] Sumerian | Ancient Origins [PAR] Gilgamesh is the ancient Sumerian epic, written some 4,000 years ago on 
cuneiform clay tablets and rediscovered only in the nineteenth century. It is a 
story that... [DOC] [TLE] Cuneiform script - Omniglot [PAR] Cuneiform was a writing system used between roughly 5,300 and 1,950 ... 
southern, relatively coastal Iraq between about 10,000 and 4,000 years ago. It 
was first used to write Sumerian, and later Akkadian and a number of other 
languages. ... to uncover pieces of clay tablets with what was clearly cuneiform 
written on them. [DOC] [TLE] The Ancient Epic of Gilgamesh and the Precession of the Equinox ... [PAR] Sep 24, 2015 ... Gilgamesh is the ancient Sumerian epic, written some 4000 years ago on 
cuneiform clay tablets and rediscovered only in the nineteenth... [DOC] [TLE] The Literature of Ancient Mesopotamia [PAR] The Sumerians lived in city-states, much like the Greeks: ... The story was written 
~ 4000 years ago; It takes the form of an epic poem; Tells of a king ... The 
selections of Gilgamesh we will read are based upon 12 clay tablets of cuneiform 
script. [DOC] [TLE] What Is the Oldest Story Ever Written? | LetterPile [PAR] May 10, 2016 ... The Epic of Gilgamesh was written on clay tablets in the cuneiform writing style of 
ancient Sumer (modern Iraq) over four thousand years ago. ... The Epic of 
Gilgamesh began as a collection of poems 4,000 years ago, and... [DOC] [TLE] British Museum - Historic writing [PAR] A look at the historic writing systems represented in the British Museum collection
. ... Clay tablet with a cuneiform letter and its envelope. These texts were drawn... [DOC] [TLE] Drought May Have Killed Sumerian Language - Live Science [PAR] Dec 4, 2012 ... An extended drought in the Middle East about 4200 years ago may have ... The 
ancient Sumerians invented cuneiform, shown here on a clay tablet ... writing, 
built the

Question: This Sumerian epic was written in cuneiform on clay tablets about 4,000 years ago
Answer: The Epic of Gilgamesh