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This is a graded discussion: 10 points possible Due Jan 19 Mesopotamia Primary Source Discussion You are required to respond to the question below by Tuesday @ 11:59pm. After you submit your response, please read my response and that of your classmates, and respond to YOUR OWN essay with any additions of things you missed or are rethinking based on the other responses. You must do both of these things in order to get full participation credit for the week. Your responses to my question must be well thought out and include examples from the readings. Your follow-up response must include information from my essay and 1 of your classmates' essays. You can not edit your responses, so I suggest you type your essay in a Word or Google doc and copy/paste it into the discussion board. Please focus on the primary source documents posted on Canvas in your answers, using the textbook part for background information only. · Was Gilgamesh a good ruler or a bad ruler according to his people and how did Mesopotamians think an ideal ruler should act?

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Was Gilgamesh a good ruler or a bad ruler according to his people and how did Mesopotamians think an ideal ruler should act?
Gilgamesh was a semi mythic king who was considered as god as well as man. He was a brave warrior, ambitious builder and fair judge who surrounded the Uruk city with erects and magnificent walls, laid out fields and orchards and built temple towers. He was considered as 2/3rd god and 1/3rd mortal. He was a powerful kind but was not great king. He had many good traits like leadership, fair judging and fighting over evils but he sometimes tormented his people and exhausted them in their daily life while giving him right to sleep with any women he likes. According to his people, he was a good leader as he worked out for infrastructure of city and he brough back the humanity of Enkidu, became friend with Enkidu, defeated Humbaba, Ishar and Heaven Bull. Also, he crossed the sea of death.
He was immensely strong, physically beautiful and very wise man. He was godlike in mind and body but initially he began kingship as cruel despot where he lorded over...

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