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Gilgamesh is a product of ancient Mesopotamian civilization, anchored in the city of Uruk in southern Mesopotamia. The tale circulated in Sumerian and later Akkadian versions, and the surviving tablets were written in cuneiform on clay, a writing system developed by Mesopotamians. The epic uses Mesopotamian gods, city-life, and worldview, placing its characters and events squarely in the world between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. That regional origin is why it is associated with Mesopotamia, not with Egypt, Greece, or the Indus Valley.