CIVILIZATION
AKKADIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to obtain seeds
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to obtain more food
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to obtain immortality
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to obtain oxygen to breathe.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gilgamesh weeps bitterly as his friend’s death makes him aware of his own mortality. Fearing death, he sets off to discover the secret of eternal life from his forefather, the immortal man Utnapishtim, who had built a boat and survived the great flood. This is strikingly similar to the story of the Biblical Noah.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gilgamesh finds the plant and takes it with him, planning to share it with the elders of Uruk. But a snake steals the plant one night while they are camping. As the serpent slithers away, it sheds its skin and becomes young again.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gilgamesh plans to take the plant back to Uruk and make all the old men young again. Together with Urshanabi, he retraces his journey. After they pass back through the gate of the Scorpion Men, Gilgamesh bathes in a mountain pool.
Detailed explanation-4: -But when Gilgamesh came out of the water and saw that the plant of immortality was gone, stolen away by the snake, he wept and wailed bitterly. “To what end did I make this long and weary journey?