Sumerians were a group of people who created The Epic of Gilgamesh. The way in which the epic was recorded suggests that the Sumerians were the first known literate inhabitants of Mesopotamia. The Sumerians believed that the gods created humans to be servants and that humanity was at the mercy of the gods. The number of gods in the story shows that they believed in many gods, and their importance in Sumerian life. Temples built in the city were places of worship. In the case of Enkidu, gods had the power to create and destroy life through means such as the great
