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Louise Pryke, The Conversation
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ChatGPT: Humans have always adapted to new technology – ask the Mesopotamians, who invented writing
While ChatGPT threatens to change writing as we know it, the Mesopotamians, who lived 4,000 years ago, went through a similar seismic change.
Louise Pryke, The Conversation
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Cowabunga: Long before comic books, ancient cultures were depicting turtles as warriors
The first known portrayal of a turtle warrior is found in Mesopotamia, in some of the world’s oldest known literature.
Louise Pryke, The Conversation
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Enheduanna: The world’s first known author was a priestess in ancient Mesopotamia
The writer, poet and priestess composed several works of literature but is largely forgotten by the modern world.
Louise Pryke, The Conversation
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