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Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia

by Anonymous · 1971

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Translations of five poems dating from the height of Babylonian civilization in the second millennium B.C.

Genre
mythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Themes
religionreligionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
ancient historyancient historyMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 184 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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