Allow me to introduce you to Gilgamesh, King of the Sumerian City, Ur (southern Iraq). He ruled from some time between 2800bc – 2500bc, just a 300 year window – no biggie.
In 1849, we rediscovered the Epic of Gilgamesh, in a library that pre-dates the Library of Alexandria, in Northern Iraq. This story is the oldest known piece of literature in human existence. Scholars agree it was a substantial influence on the Iliad and the Odyssey, two poems from Ancient Greece.
Gilgamesh’s rule was so epic that great myths and legends were inspired from his deeds — and to think we didn’t even know who he was until 1849. I wonder what we will keep finding!!!!!
