/lit/ - Literature

>>23338655
Bible is even better with the context of the Eridu Genesis.

>>19433434
We all love charts but we don't actually read them

we've got a chart for that

Is Mesopotamian literature, incantations and theology worth reading?

These charts are idiotic. Nobody is going to go from not reading at all to reading long, dry textbooks about Sumerians, Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks etc.. That's probably the worst possible idea. Most people have trouble reading a 200 page novel that is supposed to be entertaining and east to read, yet some people are recommending reading thousands of pages of this intensive work as if we're creating a history degree. I doubt that anyone has ever read through all of the books in these "start with" charts.

>he started with the greeks
>not the sumerians

What's the consensus on this new meme?

Someone made this chart a few days ago.

Start with the Sumerians bro

Ok I've done it, here's a non-meme Start With the Sumerians chart. The other charts are focused on primary sources, which is what I've done here. Hopefully some people will get a taste of the earliest literature in history, I've certainly enjoyed doing so.