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    Ziusudra, the last king of Sumer before the Great Flood according to the Sumerian King List, is recorded as the hero who survived the flood in Sumerian creation myths. He is also referenced by the Babylonian priest Berossus as Xisuthros, who was warned of the coming flood and built a boat to survive it with his family and animals.

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    Ziusudra, the last king of Sumer before the Great Flood according to the Sumerian King List, is recorded as the hero who survived the flood in Sumerian creation myths. He is also referenced by the Babylonian priest Berossus as Xisuthros, who was warned of the coming flood and built a boat to survive it with his family and animals.

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    Ziusudra, the last king of Sumer before the Great Flood according to the Sumerian King List, is recorded as the hero who survived the flood in Sumerian creation myths. He is also referenced by the Babylonian priest Berossus as Xisuthros, who was warned of the coming flood and built a boat to survive it with his family and animals.

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    Ziusudra (Old Babylonian: 𒍣𒌓𒋤𒁺 zi-ud-su₃-ra₂, Neo-Assyrian: 𒍣𒋤𒁕

    zi-sud-da,[1] Greek: Ξίσουθρος, translit. Xísouthros) of Shuruppak (c. 2900 BC) is listed in
    the WB-62 Sumerian King List recension as the last king of Sumer prior to the Great Flood.
    He is subsequently recorded as the hero of the Sumerian creation myth and appears in the
    writings of Berossus as Xisuthros.

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