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The World's First Writer

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May 16, 2022
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Enheduanna
43:48
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
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2
I'm Inspired by Stories
03:32 • 3min
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3
How Do You Begin a Story?
06:54 • 3min
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The First Named Poet Is Inheduana
10:13 • 3min
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The Inana, a Serious Presence in Mesopotamia
13:36 • 2min
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The Evolution of Civilization
15:59 • 4min
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In Heduana, the High Priestess of Summa
19:53 • 2min
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8
The Inheduana, Dressed in Wool
21:49 • 2min
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The Relationship Between Inana and the Deity
23:48 • 3min
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In Heduana's Writings
27:04 • 5min
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
31:53 • 2min
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Inheduana's Story of Gilgamesh
33:23 • 3min
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The Flood in Mesopotamia
36:11 • 4min
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Neil Oliver Love Letter to the World
40:37 • 3min
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In this episode we travel with Neil to the ‘cradle of civilization’ as a vital building block in the construction of society is put in place – the moment Enheduanna, the world’s first known writer, has her poems etched into clay tablets and the concept of the ‘written word’ is conjured into being.

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