The World's First Writer
Neil Oliver's Love Letter to the World
May 16, 2022
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The World's First Writer
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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.<hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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