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2285 BCE - 2250 BCE: Life of Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon of Akkad, and world's first author known by name.
2150 BCE - 1400 BCE: The tales of Gilgamesh written which inform The Epic of Gilgamesh
1900 BCE - 1600 BCE: Composition of The Descent of Inanna.
1900 BCE - 1600 BCE: The poem "Descent of Inanna" is written.