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The 106 pages that link to Cuneiform, each with the reason it gives.

• MesopotamiaRelated: It emerged in early cities and became a durable tool for administration and literature.

• Chinese charactersCompared with: Cuneiform offers a separate historical case of writing systems mixing sign functions.

• Amarna lettersNarrower topic: Scribes recorded most of the correspondence on clay using this script.

• Fertile CrescentRelated: Mesopotamian administration and exchange helped foster this early writing system.

• LiteracyBroader topic: Its early use shows literacy emerging alongside record keeping and administration.

• Epic of GilgameshNarrower topic: Clay tablets bearing cuneiform preserve the epic’s fragmentary textual witnesses.

• Akkadian languageRelated: Akkadian scribes adapted this originally Sumerian writing system to represent their language.

• BabylonNarrower topic: Clay tablets written in cuneiform preserve much of what is known about Babylon.

• History of booksBroader topic: Clay tablets preserve some of the earliest surviving written records and literary works.

• PapyrusCompared with: Mesopotamian scribes often recorded texts on clay rather than papyrus.

• UrukRelated: Some of the earliest known cuneiform tablets come from Uruk.

• SumerRelated: Sumerian scribes used its earliest forms to record goods and administration.

• Writing systemBroader topic: Its early development from accounting practices illuminates the emergence of writing.

• Rosetta StoneCompared with: Its decipherment followed a separate path, despite the Behistun inscription’s similar multilingual aid.

• Sumerian King ListRelated: Scribes copied versions of the list in cuneiform on clay tablets.

• Sumerian languageNarrower topic: Sumerian is the earliest language known to have been written in this system.

• Code of HammurabiRelated: The stele’s inscription uses this script to preserve its legal text.

• Akkadian EmpireRelated: Administrative records and royal inscriptions made imperial governance legible.

• Behistun InscriptionNarrower topic: All three language versions use forms of this script.

• NinevehNarrower topic: Deciphering cuneiform made Nineveh’s royal texts and library accessible to modern scholarship.

• Ancient Near EastRelated: Its clay-tablet records preserve languages, laws, and administration across several societies.

• Uruk periodBroader topic: Its earliest stages emerged from administrative recording during the period.

• History of mathematicsRelated: Clay tablets written in cuneiform preserve early mathematical procedures and tables.

• Babylonian mathematicsRelated: Scribes recorded mathematical problems and tables by impressing numerals and signs into clay.

• Cyrus CylinderNarrower topic: Scribes used cuneiform signs to inscribe the cylinder’s text.

• HammurabiRelated: Scribes used cuneiform to preserve royal inscriptions and the laws linked to Hammurabi.

• Library of AshurbanipalNarrower topic: The tablets in Ashurbanipal’s collection were written in this script.

• AshurbanipalNarrower topic: The tablets collected under Ashurbanipal’s orders were written in cuneiform.

• HattusaNarrower topic: Hattusa’s archives used cuneiform to record administration, treaties, and ritual.

• Hittite languageRelated: Hittite scribes adapted this Mesopotamian script to record their language.

• Ishtar GateRelated: A building inscription by Nebuchadnezzar II records the gate’s construction and decoration.

• WritingBroader topic: Cuneiform is among the earliest known systems developed for writing.

• ZigguratRelated: Cuneiform records document ziggurat construction, maintenance, and dedication.

• Babylonian calendarRelated: Cuneiform tablets preserve Babylonian dates, month names, and calendar rules.

• Babylonian ChroniclesNarrower topic: Chronicle tablets use cuneiform signs to record concise historical entries.

• InannaRelated: Cuneiform tablets preserve the hymns, myths, and administrative records associated with Inanna.

• Sargon of AkkadRelated: Written records helped administer cities and resources across the expanding realm.

• BabyloniaNarrower topic: Babylonian scribes used cuneiform to record law, trade, literature, and astronomical observations.

• DiceRelated: Mesopotamian records include evidence of early gaming and casting practices.

• DilmunRelated: Cuneiform tablets provide much of the surviving written evidence about Dilmun.

• Epic of AtrahasisRelated: Scribes preserved the poem in cuneiform on clay tablets.

• Jean-François ChampollionCompared with: Its decipherment followed a different path, relying on multilingual inscriptions such as the Behistun Inscription.

• Old Babylonian periodNarrower topic: Babylonian scribes used cuneiform for administration, law, literature, and scholarship.

• Third Dynasty of UrRelated: Administrative records in cuneiform preserve the dynasty’s accounts, orders, and legal documents.

• Assyrian royal inscriptionsRelated: Cuneiform signs carried royal inscriptions across tablets, monuments, and palace surfaces.

• NippurRelated: Clay tablets from Nippur preserve records, literature, and school exercises written in cuneiform.

• EnlilRelated: Scribes recorded Enlil’s myths, titles, and cult in cuneiform.

• GilgameshNarrower topic: Clay tablets inscribed in cuneiform preserve the epic’s surviving text.

• NimrudNarrower topic: Cuneiform records from Nimrud preserve royal, administrative, and scholarly activity.

• SexagesimalRelated: Scribes recorded sexagesimal numerals with cuneiform impressions.