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![The Debate Between Bird and Fish](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8111.jpg?v=1675235582)
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The Debate Between Bird and Fish
The Debate Between Bird and Fish (c. 2000 BCE) is a Sumerian poem...
![Ashurbanipal's Collection of Sumerian and Babylonian Proverbs](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16934.jpg?v=1700233803)
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Ashurbanipal's Collection of Sumerian and Babylonian Proverbs
Ashurbanipal's collection of Sumerian and Babylonian proverbs formed...
![Ludlul-Bel-Nemeqi](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16914.jpg?v=1674766382)
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Ludlul-Bel-Nemeqi
The Ludlul-Bel-Nemeqi (c. 1700 BCE) is a Sumerian and later Babylonian...
![Poor Man of Nippur](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2786.jpg?v=1699551849)
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Poor Man of Nippur
The Poor Man of Nippur (c. 701 BCE) is a Babylonian poem on the...
![Schooldays: Sumerian Satire & the Scribal Life](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16675.jpg?v=1714884003)
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Schooldays: Sumerian Satire & the Scribal Life
Schooldays (c. 2000 BCE) is a Sumerian poem describing the daily...
![The Death of Gilgamesh](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2570.jpg?v=1716674105)
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The Death of Gilgamesh
The Death of Gilgamesh is a Sumerian poem relating the death and...