The oldest known writing dates back to more than 5,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia, Iraq is currently, but who is the first author known by the name?
Archaeological discoveries revealed that the oldest known writing has been invented since 3400 BC, in the old Mesopotamia region known as Sumer, near the Arabian Gulf, according to the Jeti Museum in Los Angeles, this writing known as the cuneiform writing took the form of signs that occurred by pressing Diptled in a wet clay.
Many people may cite an ancient Greek characters such as the epic poet Homerus, the lyric poet Savo or the historian Herod
Until now, it is considered the first author we know by name and we can link it with an existing text, for many Mesopotamia literature, we do not know from his books, but it is the exception, Akhi Duanna, the daughter of the Akkadi King Sergon, who lived since 2334 BC.
Until 2279 BC, Ekheedwan has reached the highest priesthood rank in the third millennium BC, specific by her father, King Sargon Al -Akali, and she had a prominent role in the time of her father and her mother, Queen Tasloultom, and she left a group of literary works that include poems dedicated to the goddess Enana and a set of from The hymns known as the “Sumerian Temple Hynewy”, which are considered the first attempts in the regular divinities, and attributed to it some scholars, Collia Halo and Van Dick, certain works, although it was not explicitly mentioned by the name.
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