Read the following passage from the epic of gilgamesh. what is the central idea of the text? you know the city shurrupak, it stands on the banks of euphrates? that city grew old and the gods that were in it were old. there was anu, lord of the firmament, their father, and warrior enlil their counsellor, ninurta the , and ennugi watcher over canals; and with them also was ea. in those days the world teemed, the people multiplied, the world bellowed like a wild bull, and the great god was aroused by the clamour. enlil heard the clamour and he said to the gods in council, 'the uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babel.' the epic of gilgamesh