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3500 BCE: First written evidence of religion in the world recorded on Sumerian tablets.
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.
2150 BCE - 1400 BCE: The tales of Gilgamesh written which inform The Epic of Gilgamesh
1900 BCE - 1600 BCE: Composition of The Descent of Inanna.
1800 BCE: Written form of the Hymn to Ninkasi, the goddess of beer.
1700 BCE: The Ludul-Bel-Nimeqi written (known as the Sumerian 'Book of Job').
1640 BCE - 1700 BCE: Written form of the Atrahasis Myth of the Great Flood.
1300 BCE: The Myth of Adapa appears in written form.
1100 BCE: The Enuma Elish creation myth written down.