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Ziusudra

American  
[zee-oo-soo-druh] / ˌzi uˈsu drə /

noun

  1. a legendary Sumerian king who built a boat in which to escape the Deluge.


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But the Sumerians did not think of themselves as native Mesopotamians: according to their legends, they came from a place called Dilmun, where lived Ziusudra, the sole survivor of the Flood.

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Like Noah, Ziusudra determined when the waters had subsided by releasing birds from the ark.

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