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Myths of the Near East

From the shelf beside Philo’s scrolls: the stories of Babylon, Assyria, Akkad and Ugarit, and how they compare with the stories of the Bible. Each has a lesson on the language of comparison and contrast, with a “What we know today” note on the archaeology, and a gamebook in which you live the story.

B1–C1 · 6 lessons and gamebooks · 📱 Phones · All language games

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Part 1 B1 · PREMIUM

In the Beginning

Grammar: Both, neither, the same as, different from

The Babylonian creation from Berossus, Marduk against Tiamat, laid beside Genesis 1.

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Part 2 B1+ · PREMIUM

The Flood

Grammar: Similarly, likewise, whereas, while

Xisuthros, the Babylonian Noah: a dream, buried books, a boat and three flights of birds.

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Part 3 B2 · PREMIUM

Gilgamesh and the Plant of Life

Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives

The oldest story in the world: a lost friend, the edge of the world, and a snake.

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Part 4 B2 · PREMIUM

The Baby in the Basket

Grammar: However, although, despite, unlike

Sargon of Akkad, set adrift in a reed basket, and Moses in the Nile.

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Part 5 C1 · PREMIUM

The Dragon of the Sea

Grammar: Resemble, have in common, differ, by comparison

Baal against the Sea at Ugarit, and Leviathan in the Psalms, Isaiah and Job.

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Part 6 C1 · PREMIUM

The Wise Ahiqar

Grammar: Better… than, would rather, prefer

The wisest man in Assyria, a treacherous nephew, and Pharaoh’s impossible riddles.

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