Eric Farnsworth isn’t a writer. He isn’t much of a bicycle mechanic or gardener or welder either, for that matter. But still he does those things. He and his wife Jean live in Kansas and dance tango.
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O! Enkidu!
And the Gilgamesh epic as we have received it from the ancient cuneiform tablets is excellent propaganda supporting the idea that cities are better than nomadism and we must have kings ruling us. But my question is: What is a more realistic story about how the conflict played out between the city states in Mesopotamia and the older nomadic culture of the surrounding area?
July 14, 2025