"Babylonia ruled by the Kassites
1200-1150 BC: Late Bronze age collapse
1300-1000 BC: Standard Babylonian version of Gilgamesh compiled in Akkadian cuneiform
500 BC: Akkadian dies out as a spoken language
200-100 BC: Last copies of the Epic of Gilgamesh created
100 AD: Last cuneiform written
Tablet 3-6: Gilgamesh’s adventures with Enkidu
establish for ever [a fame] that endures,
how Gilgamesh slew [ferocious] Humbaba!
After Gilgamesh and Enkidu become Best Friends Forever, they decide to go to the Forest of Cedar, in Lebanon, to kill the monster called Humbaba (“This Humbaba, his voice is the Deluge, his speech is fire, his breath is death!”)."
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First seen: 2026-08-20 ·
Last seen: 2026-08-20 ·
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