By Jonathan Gawne
The struggle within the Pacific. From Pearl Harbor To Okinawa 1941-1945 КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: Greenhill Books Серия: The G.I. sequence - The Illustrated historical past of the yankee Soldier Автор: Jonathan Gawne Название: The battle within the Pacific. From Pearl Harbor To Okinawa 1941-1945 Язык: English Год издания: 1996 Количество страниц: eighty one ISBN: 1-85367-253-X Формат: pdf Размер: 37.75 Мб0
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There is a plant at the bottom of the ocean that surrounds the Far-Away. You must swim to the bottom of the ocean and snatch the plant. ” Gilgamesh thanked Utnapishtim and immediately went to the water’s edge. He dove into the ocean and swam with all his might to the very bottom, where he found the magic plant. Filled with joy, he rose up from the water and climbed back onto land. ” he announced. ” He held the plant firmly in his hand, said goodbye to Utnapishtim, and summoned the ferryman to take him home.
29 The Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh was discovered on 12 clay tablets in King Ashurbanipal’s library at Nineveh. C. After his friend Enkidu died, Gilgamesh set out to discover the secret of immortality, or everlasting life. Gilgamesh and Utnapishtim Gilgamesh traveled to a dark, cold land called the Far-Away to find Utnapishtim, a man who had survived a great flood in Babylon and been granted immortality. Gilgamesh hoped that Utnapishtim would share the secret of everlasting life with him.
The king was so enchanted by Scheherazade’s stories that he allowed her to live. Many editions of The Thousand and One Nights have been published over the years. This illustration is from an 1895 edition. An ancient library King Ashurbanipal oversaw one of the first libraries in the world, in the ancient city of Nineveh. , collected Mesopotamian poems and stories, historical accounts, business contracts, government documents, and scientific texts. Archaeologists uncovered his library, complete with 25,000 clay tablets, between 1849 and 1851.