The Bible vs. "Gilgamesh"

When I came to this class the only flood that I had ever heard of was the flood from the bible, the one with Noah. All I knew was that he built a boat and took his family, as well as a female and a male of every living creature with him. So when I read Gilgamesh I was surprised when I reached the fifth chapter that was titled the story of the flood. It was very interesting to read since I only knew of one flood. The two accounts of the great flood as they appear in "Gilgamesh" and later in the Bible show two different versions of what appear to be the same story. …