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2900 BCE - 2334 BCEScribal schools have been established in Sumer.
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c. 2600 BCEAncient Mesopotamian literature is first written in Sumer
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c. 2600 BCE - c. 2000 BCEInstructions of Shuruppag is written.
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c. 2334 BCEAkkadian replaces Sumerian as a living language; scribes begin writing in Akkadian.
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c. 2150 BCE - 1400 BCEEarliest versions of Epic of Gilgamesh are written.
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2047 BCE - 1750 BCEUr III Period of the Sumerian Renaissance; a rebirth of Sumerian literature and culture.
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2029 BCE - 1982 BCEThe Death of Ur-Nammu is written during the reign of Shulgi of Ur.
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c. 2000 BCEDebate Between Sheep and Grain is written.
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c. 2000 BCEMesopotamian naru literature genre is invented; precursor of modern historical fiction.
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c. 1900 BCE - 1600 BCEInanna's Descent is written.
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c. 1800 BCEHymn to Ninkasi, Goddess of Beer is written.
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c. 1700 BCELudlul-Bel-Nimeqi ("Poem of the Righteous Sufferer") is written; influences the biblical Book of Job.
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c. 1307 BCE - 1282 BCEBabylonian version of Ludlul-Bel-Nimeqi is written; greatly expands upon the earlier Sumerian piece.
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1307 BCE - 1275 BCEAssyrian literature is written during the reign of Adad Nirari I.
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c. 1300 BCE - 1000 BCEBabylonian standard version of The Epic of Gilgamesh is written.
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c. 1200 BCEAssyrian Tukulti-Ninurta Epic is written.
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722 BCE - 705 BCEAssyrian Epic of Izdubar is written; a revision of the Epic of Gilgamesh.