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