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Between the years of 3500-3000 BCE, the writing system known as Cuneiform was developed in Uruk. This was a way for them to track trade and taxes.
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Around the same time, hieroglyphics was developed in the kingdom of Egypt. This system of writing consisted of symbols representing sounds or objects. A disputed theory suggests that this writing was developed from Cuneiform.
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Sargon of Akkad's daughter, Enheduanna, was a Mesopotamian priestess. She wrote hymns to Inanna, a Mesopotamian goddess, using cuneiform.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh was written somewhere around 2150 BCE. This may have been the first epic ever written.
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This Indo-European language was developed in India around 1500 BCE. Indian epics and Hindu scriptures are derived from Sanskrit.
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Between 1300 BCE and 1000 BCE, a Mesopotamian scribe by the name of Shin-Legi-Unninni helped to preserve as well as transmit the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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Similarly to Shin-Legi-Unninni, Homer, a Greek poet & key author of works such as Iliad and the Odyssey, helped to preserve important Greek works so that the culture of that region wouldn't be forgotten.
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Ashurbanipal, an Assyrian king, collected 30,000 clay tablets in his library at the Assyrian capital of Nineveh. He wanted to ensure that the history and culture of the region he was ruling over would be preserved.
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This Indian work preserved legends and oral tales of the region of India.
