Canonical Composition of the Epic of Gilgamesh (Sîn-lēqi-unninni)
1250 BCE
Standardization of the Mesopotamian literary masterpiece relating King Gilgamesh's quest for immortality.
Sources and References
Tablettes en cunéiforme de la Bibliothèque de Ninive (British Museum)
Consulter l'archive officielle ↗Andrew George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition (2003)
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Mesopotamia clusterSumer, Akkad, Babylon, Assyria: writing, law codes, Fertile Crescent empires.
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