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Isn't there someone you forgot to ask? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/reallyshittycopper@lemmy.world
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[–] 41 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (11 children)

That tablet is talking about the allocation of beer, not wheat.

Which is more appropriate since those fuckers pretty much only talked about beer, barley, and sheep.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    In their defense they hadn't invented literature yet. Eventually Enheduanna had the idea to talk about the gods.

    But it is fascinating to know that writing began as a means of accounting and logistics and then Eventually spread to ideas like stories.

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