When the Gods created Mankind, Shamash responded, death for Mankind they allotted; life they retained in their own keeping.
The above excerpt from the Epic of Gilgamesh reveals one perception of gods during the Mesopotamian Era.
According to the excerpt, most people during this time believed.

Human beings would become god-like in the afterlife

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Immortality was reserved for the gods

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Gilgamesh was the god of immortality

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They could go to heaven if they pleased the gods

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There was no afterlife

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The correct option is A Human beings would become god-like in the afterlife
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts.
According to the excerpt from it, most people during this time believed that human beings would become god-like in the afterlife.

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When the Gods created Mankind, Shamash responded, death for Mankind they allotted; life they retained in their own keeping.The above excerpt from the Epic of Gilgamesh reveals one perception of gods during the Mesopotamian Era.According to the excerpt, most people during this time believed.

When the Gods created Mankind, Shamash responded, death for Mankind they allotted; life they retained in their own keeping.
The above excerpt from the Epic of Gilgamesh reveals one perception of gods during the Mesopotamian Era.
According to the excerpt, most people during this time believed.