Life Persians

In the past couple of days I have read many different pieces of literature that has taught me about the way of life for the Persians. In both the Rubaiyat and Manners of Kings they described the attitudes,way of life, and the beliefs of the Persians. In Rubaiyat, the Persians were very faithful to their god. They were also faithful to each other. They also lived on little and did not ask for much. In Manner of Kings it showed that the Persians were thankful for what they had. They never took anything for granted. They respected everything that they had. " The philosopher ordered the slave to be thrown into the water so that he swallowed some of it, whereon he was caught and pulled by his hair to the boat, to the stern of which he clung with both his hands. Then he sat down in the corner and became quite."

Epic of Gilgamesh vs. Genesis

Both the Epic of Gilgamesh and the book Genesis, talk about a flood that exterminates mankind. The flood happened because the humans were becoming rebelent and were not obeying their god.  The flood kills all mankind except, for one guy and hid family.
In both stories there is a man that is told to build an ark by his god. On his ark he is to carry two of every animal and he can also bring his family. Everyday the man lets a bird out of the window to see if it will bring back some sort of vegitation. Finally, after awhile the brid brings back a branch of a tree. That was a sign that the flood waters were residing.
In both of the stories the gods saw that what they had done was bad, and they promised to never do anything like that again.