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  1. GILGAMESH
  2. *Sumerian
  3.  
  4. The epic Gilgamesh was developed by the Akkadian peoples of Babylon and 
  5. Assyria from the myths of the Sumerians. Gilgamesh was a semi-devine 
  6. hero-king of the city of Uruk, who searched for the secret of 
  7. immortality.
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