Life and Legacy of Enheduanna: History’s First Author and Poet
The Mesopotamian poet, priestess, and princess Enheduanna is considered as the first author and poet in all recorded history. Enheduanna was the daughter of Sargon of Akkad (Sargon the Great, r. 2334–2279 BCE), the king who built the first empire in history. Enheduanna lived 1700 years before Sappho, 1500 years before Homer, and about 500 …
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