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The parallel studies on the mythological stories of Sumerian civilization
in relation with ancient Korean history in the holy book of Hwandangogi Mahdi Hajikhani
The story of the great flood [Figure 9] is like the story of Noah’s ark in the Genesis of the
Old Testament. The folktale of the great flood recurs in the records of several peoples who
rose in Mesopotamia from 2000 BCE to 1000 BCE.
The fact that the Enuma Elish and the Epic of Gilgamesh were scribed into a number of
different languages and read widely supports that the Sumerian civilization was the origin of
all Eastern civilizations rose in the region of Mesopotamia. 12)
Figure 10 Chaldean’s map
These two literary works were translated throughout the periods in several languages in
the region of Mesopotamia and influenced the literature of the Akkadians, Assyrians,
Chaldeans [Figure 10], and the Babylonians. As the Greek and Roman literatures are con-
tinuously translated into the languages of the world as the classics of humanity, Sumerian
literature was widely spread across time and region as the classic of Mesopotamia.
Especially, the Enuma Elish influenced the Genesis of the Jewish creation story throughout
the periods of Assyria and Babylonia.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a literary work that sets as protagonist Gilgamesh, the 5th king
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