"— We can find that the most significant thoughts preserved in the Sumerian language are probably related to religiosity. Cities like Ull and Uruk gave birth to many ideas."
An academic lecture is certainly not just an analysis of this epic itself, so Leonard Ethan habitually expands from this epic to a broader direction, such as the influence of ancient Sumerian civilization on modern society.
"We can see how these ancient myths, legends and ideas evolved into other religions in the Near East between 2000 BC and 1000 BC.
"Although these things evolved in forms imperceptible to ordinary people over the long history, the influence of these ideas is widespread around the world 4000 years later.
To give a simple example, in the epic of Gilgamesh, there is an idealized natural life form — a giant named Endou, who is incredibly strong and affable with various animals.
