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Atrahasis and Human Creation. Link to resourcenew window (accessed May 13, 2010).

Baal Cycle, The. Piney.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed May 13, 2010).

“Enuma Elish” (Epic of Creation), Ancient Near Eastern Texts, trans. N.K. Sandars. University of Pennsylvania. Link to resourcenew window (accessed May 13, 2010).

“Epic of Gilgamesh, The.” Academy for Ancient Texts. Ed. Timothy R. Carnahan. Link to resourcenew window (accessed May 13, 2010).

“Epic of Kret, The.” Ed. K.C. Hanson. Link to resourcenew window (accessed May 13, 2010).

“Inana’s Descent into the Netherworld.” The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. Link to resourcenew window (accessed May 13, 2010).

“King Cheops and the Magicians.” Brown University. Link to resourcenew window (accessed May 13, 2010).

Lichtheim, M. “The Story of Sinuhe.” Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol. I. Link to resourcenew window (accessed May 13, 2010).

“Shipwrecked Sailor, The.” Internet History Sourcebooks Project: Ancient History Sourcebook. Fordham University: The Jesuit University of New York. Link to resourcenew window (accessed May 13, 2010).

“Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, The.” Internet History Sourcebooks Project: Ancient History Sourcebook. Fordham University: The Jesuit University of New York. Link to resourcenew window (accessed May 13, 2010).

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