The books were written on clay tablets, so the books looked like small clay pillows.
How were these books written?
the books were written by using writing utensils to write out the words in lines on the tablet.
Where did Enheduana and her family live? What did her father do?
Edheduana father was king, and her family lived in the Akkad Palace the was surrounded by the city (Akkad.)
What was Enheduana's job? List three of her duties. How did she lose her job?
Edheduana's job was high priestess. Her duties contained.... She lost her job due to her nephew because he wanted his daughter to be high preistest.
Edheduana's job was high priestess. Her duties contained.... She lost her job due to her nephew because he wanted his daughter to be high preistest.
The author says that enheduana's poems were so popular that they were like bestsellers today. What evidence does she use to support this claim? That archaeologists found about 20-50 copies of tablets on one of of Enheduana's poems/stories.
Enheduana's writjing are hymns of praise, but they also tell us about the times she lived in. Describe one "current event" that enheduana wrote about.
The one where she tells 'an exciting account about her father.' "At one point, the city-states that Sargon had taken united in revolt against him. They besieged the city of Akkad and exiled the goddess Inanna from her temples. Sargon finally broke the siege, beat the rebels, and made them recognize the goddess Inanna as all-powerful."
The one where she tells 'an exciting account about her father.' "At one point, the city-states that Sargon had taken united in revolt against him. They besieged the city of Akkad and exiled the goddess Inanna from her temples. Sargon finally broke the siege, beat the rebels, and made them recognize the goddess Inanna as all-powerful."
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