The story of Gilgamesh

The story of Gilgamesh takes place in 4000 b.c.e He is a king who wants to understand death. There is lots of different versions of the story . I will tell you about the one i liked best. In a busy city on the flat land of mesopotamian near the bank of Ephrates river. One day Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu became bored of everyday life in Uruk. Gilgamesh decided that both of them such go on a journey across the flat plains to the distant mountains to bring back wood from the Cedar forest. Also to defeat the demon Humbaba. People said his roar sounds like a flood , his mouth is like fire and breath like death. The trip was suppose to take six months and instead it took fifteen days. Gilgamesh and Enkidu were able to kill the demon with the help of the sun gods and wind gods. They made Gilgamesh king for killing the Humbaba demon and returning alive.