Why do you think so many of these ancient stories (Gilgamesh, Noah, etc.) have the same themes and ideas? What does this say about the state of the world thousands of years ago? What can we learn from these similarities?
Often when we read ancient stories we come across the same ideas over and over again. Some might be more interesting than others, and some can be completely boring. The main characters are usually gods or humans. They fall into the same categories and the themes often repeat. I think many of these ancient stories have the same themes and ideas because everything that happened in the past was similar, for example the gods that were all powerful and did something to amuse the rest. If we take a look at stories that exist now their is also some similarities in them. Ideas that repeat, with the same characteristics. What this says about the state of the world thousands of years ago is that not a lot of things have changed. We could learn from these similarities is that many stories could be the same, the people who write the stories could have the same themes and ideas and still could switch it up a little.
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