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    • photo source: Wikimedia Commons The Palermo Stoneis an important Egyptian artifact that contains information pertaining to the first five dynasties of Egypt (c.3150 – c.2323 BCE). Not much is known abou… See more

    The Reforms of Urukagina

    photo source: Wikimedia Commons The Reforms of Urukagina are considered the oldest legal code or “Bill of Rights” in recorded history. Urukaginawas a Sumerian k… See more

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    Instructions of Shuruppak

    photo source: Wikimedia Commons Instructions of Shuruppak was one of many Sumerian tablets found at the Temple library of Nippur (modern-day Iraq). The tablet, whic… See more

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    Kesh Temple Hymn

    photo source: Wikimedia Commons The Kesh Temple Hymn(or Liturgy to Nintud) along with the tablet known as the Instructions of Shuruppak, are considered the oldest e… See more

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    Proto-Elamite Tablets

    photo source: Wikimedia Commons Proto-Elamiteis the last un-deciphered writing system from the Ancient Near East. Despite having more than 1600 tablets and fragments t… See more

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  1. Cuneiform
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    Cuneiform was a writing system invented by the ancient Sumer people of the Mesopotamian region (ancient Middle East). According to historians, this form of writing emerged about 5,000 years ago, making it the world’s first-known written language.
    Cuneiform is the earliest known writing system that we know of today. It was originally developed in ancient Mesopotamia for the Sumerian language around 3500 BC.
     
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  5. The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Oldest-Known Work of …

    WEBThe sto­ry is packed with episodes of sex and vio­lence, like the mod­ern-day comics that are mod­eled on ancient mythol­o­gy. It is also, as you may know, the old­est-known work of lit­er­a­ture on Earth, writ­ten in cuneiform, the …

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  7. What is the Oldest Known Piece of Literature?

    WEBDec 18, 2015 · The Epic of Gilgamesh started out as a series of Sumerian poems and tales dating back to 2100 B.C., but the most complete version was written around the 12th century B.C. by the Babylonians.

  8. What Is The Oldest Written Text That Has Ever Been …

    WEBJul 26, 2023 · The earliest confirmed form of writing is recorded on a limestone tablet, known as the Kish tablet, which dates to around 3,500 BCE. The tablet was found on the site of an ancient Sumerian...

  9. What’s the World’s Oldest Language? - Scientific …

    WEBAug 24, 2023 · Historians and linguists generally agree that Sumerian, Akkadian and Egyptian are the oldest languages with a clear written record. All three are extinct, meaning they are no longer used...

  10. Cuneiform - Wikipedia

    WEBCuneiform is the earliest known writing system [6][7] and was originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Over the course of its history, cuneiform was adapted to …

  11. Cuneiform, an introduction - Smarthistory

    WEBLearn about cuneiform, one of the oldest forms of writing, invented by the Sumerians in southern Iraq around 3000 B.C.E. See examples of cuneiform tablets, including the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Flood Tablet.

  12. Friday essay: the recovery of cuneiform, the world’s …

    WEBOct 5, 2017 · The resurrection of cuneiform writing systems was described by legendary Sumerologist Samuel Noah Kramer as an “eloquent and magnificent achievement of 19th century scholarship and...

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