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Module Overview
Learn about some of the world’s oldest literature and writing systems.
Essay
Framing the Issues
Examining Stereotypes
Image Resource Bank
The earliest copies of this text represent some of the oldest literature known to us (from about 2600 BCE). [IMAGE GALLERY]
Learning Resources
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
