I will send rain on earth forty days and forty nights'" (Genesis).
             Still, little differences arise from the stories. In the "Epic of Gilgamesh" a harsh view of the gods is clearly seen, "Enlil heard the clamour and he said to the gods on the council, 'The uproar of mankind and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babel'. So the gods agreed to exterminate mankind." On the other hand, the book of Genesis from the Hebrew bible talks about a more fair God that only punishes for sins, "Then the Lord saw the wickedness of man was great on earth...And the Lord said 'I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land..." Mesopotamian polytheism reflected in the Epic of Gilgamesh while monotheism is found in the story from the book of Genesis. "So the gods (many gods) agreed to exterminate mankind" (Epic of Gilgamesh); "And the Lord (One God) said ' I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land'"(Genesis).
             The story of the creation of man has been an issue since first human civilizations; "Enuma Elish" is a Mesopotamian creation myth that reassembles the Hebrew's Genesis or story of creation. Enuma Elish is written in seven tables relating the beginning of the gods and the creation of the universe and mankind. The Hebrew story of creation talks about one only God that creates humans and universe in 7 days; "...and the sixth generation were the gods who created humans..."(Enuma Elish), "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground..." (Genesis).
             The earliest known law code in existence was made in Mesopotamia. "Hammurabi's Law Code" is a collection of economic, moral, social and political laws. The code tells us a lot about the Mesopotamian society. The laws are inscribed on a stone slab and at the top, the King Hammurabi is shown receiving laws fr...