Purpose To demonstrate understanding of ancient societies’ culture…

Purpose To demonstrate understanding of ancient societies’ culture as presented through religious texts. Theme The theme for this discussion is religion. Reading Please read the following primary sources and then answer the questions below: Excerpts from The Book of Genesis (1-3, 6-8, 22) http://www.professorcampbell.org/sources/genesis.html “The Flood Story” from The Epic of Gilgamesh https://web.archive.org/web/20180924021142/http://www.livius.org/articles/misc/great-flood/flood3_t-gilgamesh/

Directions Compare the assigned primary sources and discussion post answering the following questions: What specific similarities between the two stories were you able to find? What might account for these similarities? Make sure that your post begins with a sentence which clearly states your main argument, and that it refers to specific evidence from the sources in order to support that argument. Then provide a substantial response to at least one of your classmates’ posts. When you have to your response, please respond to another classmate’s post with a substantial response. Note: You will not be able to view your classmates’ posts until you make your first post. Your initial post should be have length, but not exceed words. Your response to your classmate’s post should be at least 2-3 substantive sentences. Grading This discussion board assignment is worth 100 points. Students are only required to FOUR of the Discussion Boards for their grades. The Module 1 Introduction and Module 2 Final Project Brainstorm are required. However, students may choose to complete ANY four of the remaining seven Discussion Boards to complete this requirement. Additionally, students may choose to complete a fifth Discussion Board for extra credit. Discussions are worth 25% of the overall grade.