Mesopotamia is the ancient Greek name (meaning "the land between two rivers," the Tigris and Euphrates) for the region corresponding to modern-day Iraq and parts of Iran, Syria, and Turkey. #History #Ur-Nammu #Sumer #SargonOfAkkad #Mesopotamia #Hammurabi #Gilgamesh #FertileCrescent #Enheduanna #Elam #Cuneiform #Beer #Akkad #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-1600-en/

The Gutians were a West Asiatic people who are thought to have lived around the Zagros Mountains in a region referred to as Gutium. #History #Ur-Nammu #Sumer #ShulgiOfUr #Gutians #Akkad #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-20148-en/

Inanna and Ebih is a Sumerian/Akkadian poem attributed to Enheduanna (circa 2300 BCE), daughter of Sargon of Akkad. #History #Ur #Sumer #Inanna #Enheduanna #Akkad #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2194-en/

Enheduanna (circa 2300 BCE) is the world's first author and was the daughter (either literally or figuratively) of the great empire-builder Sargon of Akkad (reign 2334-2279 BCE). #History #Writing #Ur #Temple #Sumer #Script #SargonOfAkkad #Religion #Mesopotamia #Inanna #Enheduanna #Akkad #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-190-en/

The Hymn to Inanna (also known as The Great-Hearted Mistress) is a passionate devotional work by the poet and high priestess Enheduanna (circa 2300 BCE), the first author in the world known by name. #History #Sumer #Inanna #Enheduanna #Akkad #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2109-en/

Ancient Mesopotamian literature developed circa 2600 BCE after scribes, who had formerly been record-keepers, began composing original works in the region of Sumer. #History #Sumer #Gilgamesh #Cuneiform #Scribe #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-21465-en/