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1. The Atra-Hasis epic is an 18th century BC Akkadian creation myth and flood story named after its protagonist Atrahasis, meaning "exceedingly wise". 2. It describes how the gods created humans to do manual labor after other beings rebelled. The gods then sent plagues and a flood to control overpopulation, but the kind god Enki warned Atrahasis to build a boat and survive the flood. 3. The story was recorded in various versions on clay tablets and provides important source material for later Mesopotami

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