Module Overview
Learn about some of the world’s oldest literature and writing systems.
Essay
Framing the Issues
Examining Stereotypes
Image Resource Bank
![Instructions of Shuruppak](images/wri-lit-pre-islam-03-detail.jpg)
The earliest copies of this text represent some of the oldest literature known to us (from about 2600 BCE). [IMAGE GALLERY]
Learning Resources
![University of Chicago Scholars](../../../images/university-of-chicago-scholars.gif)
Christopher Woods
Director of the Oriental Institute and John A. Wilson Professor of Sumerian
Classroom Connections
LESSON 1: Create Your Own Hieroglyphic Language
LESSON 2: Logographic vs. Alphabetic Writing Systems: A Comparison