"… then Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers, so that the strong should not harm the weak…"—from The Code of Hammurabi Check out the Internet Activities and Self-Tests for this unit using the navigation bar at the left.

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N.K. Sanders, translator	from The Epic of Gilgamesh
	Prologue	Epic	15
	The Battle With Humbaba	Epic	15
	The Death of Enkidu	Epic	19
	The Story of the Flood	Epic	21
	The Return	Epic	26
Comparing Literary Works
John L. Foster, translator	The Voice of the Swallow, Flittering, Calls to Me	Poem	35
William Kelly Simpson, translator	Most Beautiful Youth Who Ever Happened	Poem	36
John L. Foster, translator	I Think I'll Go Home and Lie Very Still	Poem	37
William Kelly Simpson, translator	The Voice of the Wild Goose	Poem	38
Jewish Publication Society, translator	Genesis 1–3, The Creation and the Fall	Scripture	44
	Genesis 6–9, The Story of the Flood	Scripture	50
Comparing Literary Works
Jewish Publication Society, translator	Book of Ruth	Scripture	66
	Psalm 8	Scripture	73
	Psalm 19	Scripture	74
	Psalm 23	Scripture	74
	Psalm 137	Scripture	76
N. J. Dawood, translator	from the Qur'an
	The Exordium	Scripture	84
	Night	Scripture	85
	Daylight	Scripture	86
	Comfort	Scripture	86
Comparing Literary Works
N.J. Dawood, translator	from The Thousand and One Nights: from The Fisherman and the Jinnee	Folk Tale	92
Omar Khayyám	from The Rubáiyát	Poem	108
Sa'di	from the Gulistan: from The Manners of Kings	Fable	112
Rumi	from the Masnavi: The Counsels of the Bird	Poem	117
Comparing Literary Works
African Proverbs	Uganda: The Baganda	Proverb	124
	Liberia: The Jabo	Proverb	124
	South Africa: The Zulu	Proverb	124
	Ghana: The Ashanti	Proverb	125
	Nigeria: The Yoruba	Proverb	125
	Tanzania and Kenya: The Masai	Proverb	125
D.T. Niane	from Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali	Epic	126