Mesopotamian Religion Timeline

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c. 3500 BCE
First written evidence of religion in the world recorded on Sumerian tablets.
c. 2600 BCE
The Myth of Etana written.
2285 BCE - 2250 BCE
Life of Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon of Akkad, and world's first author known by name.
c. 2150 BCE - c. 1400 BCE
The tales of Gilgamesh written which inform The Epic of Gilgamesh
c. 1900 BCE - c. 1600 BCE
Composition of The Descent of Inanna.
c. 1800 BCE
Written form of the Hymn to Ninkasi, the goddess of beer.
c. 1700 BCE
The Ludul-Bel-Nimeqi written (known as the Sumerian 'Book of Job').
c. 1640 BCE - c. 1700 BCE
Written form of the Atrahasis Myth of the Great Flood.
c. 1300 BCE
The Myth of Adapa appears in written form.
c. 1100 BCE
The Enuma Elish creation myth written down.