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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.

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

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

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

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

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

• 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.

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

• 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.

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

• 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.

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• SexagesimalRelated: Scribes recorded sexagesimal numerals with cuneiform impressions.

• Sumerian city-statesRelated: Administrative records helped institutions track labor, land, goods, and transactions.

• AššurRelated: Cuneiform records preserve Aššur’s royal inscriptions, administration, and religious life.

• Cylinder sealRelated: Seals and cuneiform tablets both left durable marks in clay administration.

• EtemenankiRelated: Cuneiform inscriptions provide evidence for Etemenanki’s construction and restoration.

• Sumerian literatureRelated: Scribes recorded Sumerian compositions on clay tablets using this script.

• Sumerian mythologyRelated: Scribes used cuneiform to preserve mythic compositions on clay tablets.

• Anatolian languagesRelated: Hittite and several related languages were recorded with adapted cuneiform signs.

• AssyriologyRelated: Its signs preserve most of the written evidence studied by Assyriologists.

• Austen Henry LayardRelated: Inscriptions recovered during Layard’s excavations became evidence about Assyrian rulers and history.

• EnheduannaRelated: The surviving copies of works attributed to Enheduanna were written in cuneiform.

• Mesopotamian kingshipRelated: Royal inscriptions and records made commands, victories, and building works durable.

• Code of Ur-NammuRelated: Scribes recorded surviving fragments of the provisions in cuneiform.

• Mesopotamian city-stateRelated: Administrative records helped track land, labor, goods, and obligations.

• Assyrian king listRelated: The surviving king-list manuscripts were written in cuneiform.

• LiteratureRelated: Its tablets preserve some of the earliest surviving written literary works.

• Chogha ZanbilRelated: Cuneiform inscriptions identify the ruler and deities associated with the complex.

• EnkiduRelated: Cuneiform tablets preserve the epic episodes in which Enkidu appears.

• Flood mythRelated: Clay tablets written in cuneiform preserve some of the oldest flood narratives.

• Mesopotamian mythologyRelated: Clay tablets written in cuneiform preserve much of the surviving mythic record.

• History of librariesRelated: Clay tablets made durable collections possible in some of the earliest known libraries.

• UrukaginaRelated: Scribes recorded Urukagina’s reforms in cuneiform inscriptions.

• Enūma ElišRelated: Clay tablets written in cuneiform preserve the epic’s text.

• Hurrian songsRelated: Scribes used cuneiform to record the lyrics and musical instructions.

• Ancient literatureRelated: Its tablets preserve some of the earliest known literary works.