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The Song of the Hoe is a Sumerian praise poem celebrating the hoe...

Lullaby for a Son of Shulgi is a Sumerian cradlesong from the reign...

A Supervisor's Advice to a Young Scribe is a Sumerian composition...

The Hymn to Nisaba (c. 3rd millennium BCE) is a poem praising Nisaba...

Pausanius (l. 110-180 CE) was a geographer and historian who traveled...

Herodotus’ narrative on Lydia takes up almost one half of Book...