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Topic : Hello Class!Let us examine Gilgamesh and the relationship between people & empires. Re-read the explanation you wrote prior to reading the Parsons text. Has your idea of what defines an empire changed? Why has it or why has it not? Do you believe that empires always fail? Explain.What ‘fate’ did Gilgamesh have to accept?Do you believe this epic was created to ease the anxiety of this ‘fate’?Why do you believe the Mesopotamian Empire mythologized Gilgamesh? What issue of the individual in a society does this epic present? ReadingS: Actions1.Epic of Gilgamesh*An epic is a long, often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person or a group of persons. Elements that typically distinguish epics include superhuman deeds, fabulous adventures, highly stylized language, and a blending of lyrical and dramatic traditions.The most famous of the Mesopotamian heroes is Gilgamesh. The mythologizing of this early dynastic Sumerian king of Unug (Uruk) had already begun by about 2400 BCE. This was written ~1500 years before Homer wrote the Illiad.As you read, Consider the reign of Gilgamesh and the perspective of the society he reigned over Consider Gilgamesh the individual, not the kingConsider what you just reviewed about Ancient Mesopotamia and the zeitgeist (beliefs of the time)Reading: Epic of GilgameshActions2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBk9KywTIgk3.What is the relation between individuals and society? Functionalists regard the individual as formed by society through the influence of such institutions as the family, school, and workplace. Early sociologists such as Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, and even Karl Marx were functionalists and examined society as existing apart from the individual. For Durkheim, society is reality; it is first in origin and importance to the individual. Durkheim’s keen discussion of the collective consciousness showed the ways in which social interactions and relationships and ultimately society influence the individual’s attitudes, ideas, and sentiments. He utilized his theory of “collective representation” in explaining the phenomena of religion, suicide, and the concept of social solidarity. In contrast to Auguste Comte (known as the father of sociology), who regarded the individual as a mere abstraction, a somewhat more substantial position Durkheim held was that the individual was the recipient of group influence and social heritage.As you read on, keep in mind your own relationship with society and your place in society as an individual. 4.What is an empire?Write down your own definition of what an empire is. Keep this for now. As you read the following, take into consideration your current knowledge of empires and how you view them. The Rule of Empires _ Those Who Built Them, Those Who Endured Them, and Why They Always Fall.pdfActions