1. English 220 World Literature I
THE ANCIENT WORLD

8. Sumerians
Pantheon
Theocracy
Ziggurat
Cuneiform

9. Women’s Roles Business Real estate Moneylenders Priestesses
Agriculture
Family
Title: Female Head
Date: BCE
Medium: Limestone
Culture: Sumerian
Significance: A cult statue found in the Eanna Sanctuary of Inanna (Goddess of Love and War)

10. Cuneiform

11. Cuneiform

12. Cuneiform “Wedge” Tablet

13. Mesopotamian Literature
Myths
Hymns
Histories
Lamentations
Wisdom
Creation

14. The Descent of Inanna
Queen of Heaven and Earth; morning and evening stars; goddess of love, war and agriculture.
Descent to underworld symbolizes death of nature in winter and rebirth in spring.
Translated from 30 clay tablets found between

15. Connections Demeter & Persephone Isis & Osiris Gilgamesh Odyssey Iliad
Book of Genesis

16. Connections Demeter & Persephone Isis & Osiris Gilgamesh Odyssey Iliad
Book of Genesis

17. Discovery of Tablets

18. Cuneiform