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| − | Mesopotamian culture was, at its core, a society of pessimism. Written in Cuneiform on the clay tablets, Mesopotamians have left us literature and mythology and logs. The singular constancy in their myths was the ever-present cynicism. For example, the Epic of Gilgamesh draws many parallels with the Biblical story of Noah's Ark and ends with his fruitless crusade in pursuit of immortality. There is another story, one of the creation of humans. It says that the Gods created humans to do the work for them so they could focus their energies elsewhere. However, even the story of mankind's creation takes a darker twist at the end, saying "With hard work the humans brought life to the land, and the gods and goddesses, who had brought life to the humans, were happy.....for the moment...." The myth's mysterious ending leaves much unanswered, insinuating that the gods are displeased and mankind will later on suffer the consequences. The Mesopotamians' most lingering legacy is that of written myths proclaiming the despair of life.
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