Why is Gilgamesh such a famous piece of ancient literature?

Answer 1

He's important to ancient Sumer. It tells about a big flood and the search for importality. It's probably important because it helps us learn more about Ancient Sumer.

Answer 2

The Epic of Gilgamesh is, perhaps, the oldest written story on Earth. It comes to us from Ancient Sumeria, and was originally written on 12 clay tablets in cunieform script. It is about the adventures of the historical King of Uruk (somewhere between 2750 and 2500 BCE).
The translator chose to eliminate Tablet XII for personal reasons, with support from many literary, archaeological, and linguistic experts because it appears to be more of a sequel to the first 11 tablets, containing a story about Enkidu volunteering to retrieve some objects that Gilgamesh dropped into the Netherworld.
This translation is based on the "standard" Akkadian "edition", but is filled in with excerpts from the Old Babylonian where necessary.

Answer 3

Gilgamesh is the first leader that history definitively records. In other words, he was a real dude, and the Epic of Gilgamesh is thereby the first piece of recorded history about a person that WE KNOW FOR A FACT existed.

Answer 4

The Gilgamesh epic influenced the writers of the Old Testament, as far as I can remember from A-Level Religion. All the darkness covering the face of the deep and everything is borrowed from this epic.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong...

Answer 5

It is one of the only written down books form ancient Sumer that has been found. It lets us know about their kings andf how the poeple of ancient Sumer lived....

Answer 6

Any ancient literature is famous because it is ancient.