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  1. 10 of the Oldest Pieces of Literature - Mental Floss

    • Though it’s not the oldest written text, The Epic of Gilgamesh is, by all accounts, the most ancient piece of literature in the world (yet discovered, anyway) [PDF]. Its roots are in older Sumerian st… See more

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    The Book of Job // 2500 to 4000 Years Old

    The Book of Job’s date of composition is a controversial issue: Some argue that the Hebrew (with its hints of Aramaic) places its time of writing as post-Babylonian era (after around 54… See more

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    Written toward the end of the reign of Hammurabi (1792–1750 BCE), Hammurabi’s Code was etched in Akkadian on several black stone steles, of which one survives ne… See more

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  1. The Epic of Gilgamesh
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    The Epic of Gilgamesh is widely regarded as one of the oldest surviving works of literature, dating back over 4,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq).
    The earliest surviving written literature is from ancient Mesopotamia. The Epic of Gilgamesh is often cited as the first great composition, although some shorter compositions have survived that are even earlier (notably the “Kesh Temple Hymn” and “The Instructions of Shuruppak”).
     
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  3. The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Oldest-Known Work of …

    You're probably familiar with The Epic of Gilgamesh, the story of an overbearing Sumerian king and demi-god who meets his match in wild man Enkidu. Gilgamesh is humbled, the two become best friends, kill the forest guardian …

     
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  6. Gilgamesh - World History Encyclopedia

    Dec 15, 2022 · Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk best known as the hero of The Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2150-1400 BCE) the great Babylonian poem that predates Homer's Iliad and Odyssey by 1500 years and, therefore, stands as …

  7. What is the Oldest Known Piece of Literature?

    Dec 18, 2015 · While Shuruppak’s fatherly wisdom is one of the most ancient examples of written literature, history’s oldest known fictional story is probably the “Epic of Gilgamesh,” a mythic poem that first...

  8. The Epic of Gilgamesh - Yale University Press

    Apr 30, 2020 · The oldest surviving literary work is The Epic of Gilgamesh. It was composed nearly 4,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia (roughly equivalent to where Iraq and eastern Syria are now). No one knows who wrote it, or why, or …

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  11. Epic of Gilgamesh: When was the story first recorded, …

    Jun 14, 2024 · The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest known pieces of literature, originating from ancient Mesopotamia and dating back to the early 3rd millennium BC. The epic is written in Akkadian, the language of the …

  12. What Was the First Book Ever Written? | Britannica

    The earliest surviving written literature is from ancient Mesopotamia. The Epic of Gilgamesh is often cited as the first great composition, although some shorter compositions have survived that are even earlier (notably the “Kesh Temple …

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