Point: Gilgamesh is courageous. Illustration: Gilgamesh regains his composure after being frozen with fear at the sight of Humbaba. Which sentence best explains how the illustration relates to the point? Gilgamesh overcomes his fear despite Humbaba’s ferocity. Gilgamesh is worried about what will happen to him. Humbaba is not scary enough to deter Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is most concerned with protecting Enkidu.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

How does visiting the place of the gods affect the narrator? a. he discovers that it is unwise to have an inquiring mind b. he learns that there is nothing supernatural to fear in the destroyed city c. he renounces everything he learned from the priests and his father d. he understands that the past has nothing of interest for people of the present

How does this comparison reinforce what powell is trying to say in this paragraph