Students will choose a mythical figure to be as they play Ur<\/em>, based on the Royal Game or Ur or Twenty Squares. The class will read about the mythical figure and learn about the ancient cultural context. After playing the game students will discuss how the game would fit into the world of Jason, Enmerkar, or Wenamun.<\/p>\n Assess this assignment based on the following.<\/p>\n Lesson Overview: Students will choose a mythical figure to be as they play Ur, based on the Royal Game or Ur or Twenty Squares. The class will read about the mythical figure and learn about the ancient cultural context. After … Continue reading Learning Objectives:<\/h2>\n
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![https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Story_of_Wenamun#\/media\/File:Wenamuns-Reise.jpg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEnmerkar:<\/h3>\n\n\u201cEnmerkar and the lord of Aratta: translation.\u201d https:\/\/etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk\/section1\/tr1823.htm <\/a><\/li>\nKatz, Dina. \u201cUps and Downs in the Career of Enmerkar king of Uruk.\u201d In: O. Drewnowska and M. Sandowicz (eds.) Fortune and Misfortune in the Ancient Near East. Proceedings of the 60th RAI at Warsaw, 21-25 2014. Pp. 201-210. https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/30993506\/Ups_and_Downs_in_the_Career_of_Enmerkar_king_of_Uruk<\/a><\/li>\nMap: <\/strong>CC-BY-SA Atro S. \u201cMap of Geographic Locations mentioned in the Epics of Enmerkar of Uruk.\u201d https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Enmerk-2.jpg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nJason:<\/h3>\n\n\u201cRepresenting the Argonautica.\u201d https:\/\/readux.io\/collection\/argonautica\/<\/a><\/li>\n\u201cWhat is the Story of Jason and the Golden Fleece?\u201d from https:\/\/www.theoi.com\/articles\/what-is-the-story-of-jason-and-the-golden-fleece\/<\/a><\/li>\nMap: <\/strong>CC-BY-NC-SA Simeon Netchev. \u201cThe Hero Jason and His Quest with the Argonauts.\u201d https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/uploads\/images\/16219.png?v=1703019965<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lesson Overview: Students will choose a mythical figure to be as they play Ur, based on the Royal Game or Ur or Twenty Squares. The class will read about the mythical figure and learn about the ancient cultural context. After … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3111,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/samothraciannetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/samothraciannetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/samothraciannetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/samothraciannetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/samothraciannetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/samothraciannetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1407,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/samothraciannetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1405\/revisions\/1407"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/samothraciannetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/samothraciannetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Story_of_Wenamun#\/media\/File:Wenamuns-Reise.jpg\"){kind=link}
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