The Oldest Story in History

      What is oldest story in history? It is the Epic of Gilgamesh. The story origin is in Sumer, which is part of Iraq now. Sumer dates back to 4500-4000 BC, it was the city of one of the oldest civilizations in history.
   
     



      The story was engraved on big stone tablets, and it had many versions, but most of them talk about Gilgamesh, the king of a city called Uruk. He was one third human and two third god.
The story focus on the friendship between the king and Enkidu, a man created by the gods to match Gilgamesh's strength. The friendship ends after many adventures by the death of Enkidu on the hands of the gods, because the king and Enkidu angered the gods by killing two heavenly creatures. After that the king realizes that although he is two third god,  he is still one third human and that one day he will meet the same fate as his friend. The king learns of a mortal man who lives at the end of the earth where the sun set. He takes off to find the immortal man, but fails after many attempts to become immortal. When he returns home and come across the giant wall that he built around his city her realize that a man may die, but his name live through generations by the work he does. The king becomes good to his people, and after his death, he was remembered for his generosity and the great wall that he built around his city. The story was said to be the same story of Noah, with some differences.