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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

by Susan Wise Bauer

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""Chapter 10: The First Epic Hero"

trying to read my classics in chronological order (very ambitious, i know) and it starts with the epic of Gilgamesh, so..." — Jun 22, 2022 11:42AM

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