The princess exiled from ancient Mesopotamia - Soraya Field Fiorio

Travel back in time to ancient Mesopotamia and meet Enheduanna, a high priestess and the world’s first author.
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4,300 years ago in ancient Sumer, the most powerful person in the city of Ur was banished to wander the vast desert. Her name was Enheduanna, and by the time of her exile, she had written forty-two hymns and three epic poems- and Sumer hadn’t heard the last of her. Who was this woman, and why was she exiled? Soraya Field Fiorio details the life of history’s first author.
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[@ericamcqueen5607]

It's incredible that people were writing books and poetry even thousands of years ago.

[@ate313]

that’s history for ya

[@truthboom]

ancient cave painting can be count as a story

[@kevinsantillans7415]

4305 years ago. Damn.

[@indigofenrir7236]

Not really.

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

not everywhere just in a small island among a sea of hunter-gathers, farmers, and nomads

[@musicalnerds101]

The women’s choir at my school is actually singing a translation of one of her texts dedicated to Inana! It’s called Moon Goddess and it’s amazing! We all really love the song and it’s great to know more about the history of its author and who it’s dedicated to!! Thank you 💖🌙

[@astranuit]

Where can I find the song? I really wanna hear it!

[@musicalnerds101]

Astra you can find it on KZbin! It’s moon goddess by jocelyn hagen :) it’s epic

[@CinimodNorton]

I want to hear it. Music is my first love.

[@Aura96968]

@@CinimodNorton lol

[@CinimodNorton]

@@musicalnerds101 Thank you

[@kinrateia]

I mean, it's pretty cool. He didn't make her someone's wife to bridge the cultures, he made her leader of the city.

[@MM-vs2et]

That's Sargon of Akkad, The First Emperor

[@averongodoffire8098]

Martin Anthonio16 I guess he didn’t mind

[@WavyTV289]

During those time The women(priestess) were symbol of Powerful goddess and only they were allowed to head the rituals

[@jellyfish0311]

So he made her a PR person. And worked surprisingly well!

[@transakira]

He made her an authority in his oppressive system honey there's nothing admirable about it

[@Pachihiro]

Since you mentioned sappho You should do a video about her.

[@Bimtavdesign]

Yes!!!!

[@musicalnerds101]

Juan Andres Ortiz Escobar YEEESSS

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

Да, пожалуйста!

[@samarjitchowdhury7160]

I second this!

[@daisyp3748]

Yeeeeeeesssss.

[@floralfemme4700]

"She lived 1700 years before Sappho" But now I'm thinking of an Enheduanna/Sappho collaboration that could never happen.

[@sayani6180]

Shocked and glad to see someone else thought this besides me 🙈 thought that I'm the only one who thought of that excellent yet impossible collaboration!

[@mithusadukha3133]

Oh lord, a sappho and enheduanna colab, just thinking about it makes me all excited 😅

[@anniesue4456]

I love Sapho

[@RobinLeCorleone]

Metjen From The Ancient Egypt His The First Author In History

[@ilickcatnip]

How good it sounds!..."The daughter of the first Emperor became the first author." Thanks TED-Ed for such beautiful content!

[@GamingTrifilm]

IIT aspirant Brahad Kokad he wasn’t the first king but the first emperor

[@ilickcatnip]

@@GamingTrifilm thanks man, corrected it

[@flamixflame2685]

The first person to sign their work you mean

[@RobinLeCorleone]

Metjen From The Ancient Egypt His The First Author In History

[@symonew33]

I love that in one of her hymns she says “My king, something has been created that no one has created before.” She knew she was doing something special.

[@RobinLeCorleone]

Metjen From The Ancient Egypt His The First Author In History

[@danstiver9135]

It's important to note that in early history from which surviving writing and records are scarce, when people say "the first" it really means "the first that we know of". However this technicality doesn't really undercut the importance of Enheduanna.

[@Scarshadow666]

@Goo Lagoon Very true! There could've been events, people, and different points of views that could've long been forgotten or not known because they were never written down (or didn't see a reason for it, like the Huns during Attila the Huns time).

[@jhoelzempoalteca447]

They actually start the video saying “... and history’s first KNOW autor”

[@shelbyinmon8654]

This is so cool! I'm a little bit sad I've never heard of her before

[@tuesdaywithanh]

Hey same!

[@agneschristinejengalacio9149]

I know right, had I not visited this channel I wouldn’t have known too.

[@justanotheridiot0]

Same here

[@SabinaCesar2024]

Don't be sad. Schools will soon be abolished as all the info is on KZbin😉

[@chadhazzard3179]

it’s on purpose, it’s called indoctrination

[@IO-hh3gw]

Imagine being so ICONIC people worship you as a Deity! You go girl!!!

[@ate313]

righttt

[@oopsy444]

And she didn't make herself one like so many wannabes throughout history tried to

[@Sinstat]

Female royalty had the roles of priests. It had nothing to do with being iconic

[@Itcouldbebunnies]

@@Sinstat It does if you're worshipped as a goddess after your death.

[@DONTcareAnymore000]

agree

[@albertamalachi3560]

Besides an author, she supposedly made one of the first museum in the world. That's supposedly debatable, but still.

[@davidgumazon]

Ah, yes, the shameful Ancient Egypt history's their crimes, I would say the Inventor of Printing Press is more a hero than her and their government.

[@juanjuri6127]

that's a different princess, from a different time period, though from the same area - princess Ennigaldi of Ur, during the last years of the neo-Babylonian empire, managed a collection of ancient artifacts from previous mesopotamian cultures, which were displayed to the public with explanatory plaques in multiple languages. fun fact: she's about as ancient to us as enheduanna was to her

[@rubyj3287]

The transitions in this animation is just beautiful and amazing!!!!

[@goomba2727]

Thank you TED for giving us fun education in these bizarrely times

[@TEDEd]

Hope you're hanging in there! ❤️

[@curious_one1156]

@@TEDEd first author ? How difficult it would be to decide that.

[@TomSistermans]

Man, women play such an interesting role in literature, they have a lot of firsts! First author, first novelist (Murasaki Shikibu, 1100s) first modern novel (Jane Austen) You go girls!

[@ch33zyburrito36]

Not true! Ptahhotep was the first known author from the late 2400’s BC, predating her by 200 hundred years and there are likely many more from Egypt. Perhaps she was the first female author but definitely not the first.

[@lepetitrin]

@@ch33zyburrito36 but he isn't considered as the first known author, and for why i don't know, there must be a reason for it right? like when you search first known author, it's always Enheduanna, they say it's because her work is purely for literature purpose, can you explain why people don't consider him as the first author?

[@ch33zyburrito36]

lepetitrin people want to believe whatever fits their agenda. It doesn’t change the facts

[@francogutierrez1793]

The first modern novel was Don Quijote De la mancha by Miguel De Cervantes

[@deniaridley]

And Mary Shelley, who wrote what is considered the first true science fiction novel.

[@johnjohn-6256]

It’s amazing how writing is only few thousands of years old. Humans have come so far. It makes me hopeful that future generations will look back on the current pandemic and they’ll say, “We have come so far thanks to them.” We stand on the shoulder of giants (our ancestors). And we’ll continue fighting so that the next generation will too.

[@JohnCena8351]

You mean thanks to a few specific individuals. The vast majority of people will never do anything to help humanity progress.

[@lydiadeolloz1991]

@@JohnCena8351 wow thanks John Cena.

[@Aryan-pj3iw]

@@JohnCena8351 don't point out while you're hiding yourself

[@JohnCena8351]

@@Aryan-pj3iw Hiding? Where do I hide? Lol

[@zawwin1846]

John Cena To be fair the “vast majority” of people were working day to day just to feed themselves for most of history. You can’t have the theory of relativity when you are starving. Plus their contribution made surplus food possible allowing some people the time and opportunity to focus on higher education.

[@annamd2976]

Finally something about Mesopotamia 🥺❤ thank you so much I really appreciate that as an Iraqi

[@rozaxroza91]

Same 🙃💛⭐️✨

[@Mauromoustakos]

Actually, it seems that she is really the first named author --as far as we know today. Some dates and other claims are wrong. The numeral forty-two, in the reference that she wrote "forty-two hymns", is actually a literary topos of mythology. Old people in my place, Kypros, use to say "I have forty-two things to do". This is not a report about how many things I have to do. Rather, it is an expression that I have a lot of work, I am very busy. So, saying that she wrote forty-two hymns it actually means "she wrote many hymns".

[@nienna9844]

This is a very interesting and helpful piece of information. Thank you so much! In Myanmar, we use '16,000' to express something which is numerous ("I have 16,000 things to do", "You're giving me 16,000 excuses"), and 16 to express something which happens frequently ("The electricity has gone out for the 16th time", "It's been 16 times you've asked me for a new playstation"). I've also read that 7 and 9 are the "holy" numerals that represent magnitude and/or infinititude in Persian and Chinese cultures respectively.

[@Mauromoustakos]

@@nienna9844 Aa!! Many, many thanks for your responce. It is for me yet another valuable information confirming that in many cultures there are literary topoi, motives of expressing something using a number. In the Buddist tradition they have many things counted as 84000, or 86400. It seems that India is where these cultural motives started. In the Greek tradition there are indeed many mentions of number 9, and also 5. In the Jewish tradition, like the Old Testament, there are a lot of references to things counted as 7. There are also many references to 70 things, which seems like an augmented version of 7. Number 12 is found in many cultures. There were 12 great gods in ancient Greece, 12 plus one gods in the ancient Germans, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 imams in one of the major sections of Islam. Actually, I am writting something about these. I will leave a note here when its finished.

[@ashnovahmada499]

@@Mauromoustakos Can't wait to read that, brother

[@olbiomoiros]

@@Mauromoustakos Well hello!! I am from Cyprus too.

[@AthenisOculi]

@@nienna9844 lol. In Brazil we usually use 1 Million, "I have a million things to do", "I have one million expectatives over it" I could give you *one million* examples.

[@AdamIshak01]

I’m truly loving the Assyrian representation. Please do more. We are so overlooked

[@agneschristinejengalacio9149]

When I got to the part where the timeline was shown that ended with Abram (or Abraham) I knew her literary works have sort of influenced mythology and religion and I was delighted when when it said so. Aaahh, AMAZING! It’s also nice to know that her pops didn’t marry her off. For once (maybe there are other women who weren’t married off to men and instead were assigned for significant roles during their time), this is so SO nice to know. Something Fresh (fresh because no mention of the author being married off for family’s gain), Empowering, and Inspiring. Thank you, TedEd. Great animation as always! :)

[@agneschristinejengalacio9149]

And the narrator too, good job! It’s calm and smooth. It’s like a mother telling an epic (ehehe any form of literary work will do) to her child.

[@mohammadalqurishy8985]

Yup she was live near by my City now .. in iraq between the Tigris and Euphrates ♥️♥️🇮🇶

[@vdobb99]

But sadly the culture is fully destroyed

[@Whitegirllover101]

@@vdobb99 thank the Arabs

[@wireme]

@@Whitegirllover101 The decendents of Sumerians and Babylonians are the arabs of Iraq, comment doesn't make sense. The name of the native people changed but they are the same, Iraqi arabs today - Sumerians and Babylonians yesterday.

[@mborok]

@@wireme Yes, "Arab" refers to anyone whose primary language is Arabic. But I believe the Sumerians / Babylonians / Assyrians were conquered by the Persians.

[@VigneshVicky-ku8gr]

@@vdobb99 Destroyed by successive invasions of Persians, Greeks and Romans. So it was easy for Arabic language and Islamic culture to spread faster in Iraq

[@parushapradhan7570]

I may not be doing my homework but Ted-Ed ensures I stay educated even when I'm self quarantining.

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

If you were to actually do your homework and study you’d know it should be ‘ensures’ instead of ‘insures’! Just kidding; as you were, child, and stay safe!

[@parushapradhan7570]

@@barbarajoseph-adam8337 oopsie! You take care too :)

[@andreava8675]

I cannot stand how all of these great women are not taught about in school, but the men that came long after them are, and are learned about as if they were the first to write great literature and philosophy. Yet another great example of misogyny taking away a proper education and understanding of our world.

[@austerity476]

We are not sure if she actually was the first author . Works attributed to her was written by scribes 6 centuries after she lived. These scribes may have attributed these works to her as part of the legendary narratives of the dynasty of sargon of akkad. First credible author we are of sure is Ptahhotep who composed his works in 23rd century BC

[@weegeeismad9298]

The way the art keeps morphing into different scenes is dizzying but also impressive

[@hutauruk_andika]

The first author writes her work thousands of years ago, yet here I am still unsure whether to start. (T_T)

[@m1l4n1nh3ll]

You should. Chances come and go so you should take the opportunity. There are tons of authors who struggled at first but I believe in you :D

[@hutauruk_andika]

@@m1l4n1nh3ll Oh, wow. Thank you bro/sis, I appreciate your support.

[@jjo528]

@@hutauruk_andika you cant really fail writing, you will learn either way.

[@anirudh177]

to be fair, we don't know exact details of her life, perhaps she probably struggled in the beginning too.

[@riyasasangraula4711]

It's so refreshing to know that in midst of all the fake news and mindless entertainment,there is TED ED,delivering some unheard,unknown stories. Thank you for the continued lessons ❤️

[@ann-nk8yk]

Since my school shut down I have been taking notes on your videos to keep educated keep up the good work!!!

[@emil.jansson]

Absolutely fascinating.

[@قهقاع]

I love watching your work of art , it is both educational and entertainment 😊. Slman from Libya.

[@simpledrajo4189]

Great people are those who took advantage of the ancient time when great inventions and other "first" had yet to exist. The greatest mind of their time.

[@rivuuuh]

I wonder if TED-Ed is open for an artist application. I would love to join the team. Their content in every video is just so AMAZINGGGG 😍

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TED-Ed partners with independent animation groups for their videos. Take a look at some of them maybe?

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Go find out! If they do, I hope you’re successful in your application and someday we’d get to see a video in which you have a hand!

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Do it! You'd be able to contribute to something really cool, and I'm sure they would like more applicants.

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Check out the credits at the bottom at the end. Write to the production designers, etc. and see which companies they use and apply! (And let us know when you're accepted; 'cause we want to see your work. 😊 ) Good luck!!!

[@asmijain2695]

Update?

[@mrs.cavill2584]

YES! AT LAST! I CAN FINALLY ADD THIS ON MY TERM PAPER. THANK U SO MUCH😭💖

[@leovillads1677]

The animation is amazing as usual.

[@kyarden7971]

I am so glad you made a video about her! There are so many women and men who have much contributed to history, yet they remain largely unknown to the public. Such videos help spread their stories

[@vivamathew5347]

The animation of this video is amazing, the artist is so talented! ❤️

[@gaybogagins5392]

The fact that they had a god challenging gender norms is something I find so inspiring

[@YourLittleMartian]

Hate to break it to you, but this video was heavily influenced by todays society. Inanna (the god you were referring to) was referred to as the "Queen of Heaven" in Mesopotamian mythology, according to worldhistory.org. She did in-fact have a gender. In this video, they also made the claim that Enheduanna (the priestess) influenced Hebrew script (The Torah, specifically), however, The Torah was revealed by God to Moses. While this video does present a good deal of facts, the writers of the Ted Talk also took to manipulating Enheduanna's works in their own way. I suppose the choice of who you want to believe is up to you.

[@damaracarpenter8316]

@@YourLittleMartian also god isn’t real (maybe to you but he is a mythological being just like Inanna) so that’s not even a rebuttal to the information in the video. I’m sorry.

[@tibormalinsky8751]

@@YourLittleMartian Thank you. When the narrator started talking about genders etc., I became very sceptic. I'm glad there is someone who neutralize it.

[@sweetdreams961]

Lol

[@infinite5795]

Same as in Hinduism.

[@DragonFlameXYC]

I love tedEd!!!!! I learn so much from your channel!!!!! Keep up the great work and awesome vids!!!!

[@nathaliasilva2166]

What an elegant episode !

[@faizanrashid5156]

Dear Ted Ed, If possible , can you provide a video with the general outline of world history. Just the basics. The mentioning of Sapho and Homer being before Abraham really drew my attention to how we don't have a clear understanding of chronological world history. Who came before who? How long ago was it ? The video are amazing and thank you.

[@superbrainil]

Abraham lived before Homer and Sapho, they were just mentioned earlier in the video

[@sebastianelytron8450]

How did the author of Harry Potter go down the hill? Walking J.k. Rowling

[@OreOmod]

Ok.

[@eliiuu9597]

*PRICELESS*

[@ate313]

old joke...

[@itsmeharperjacksons6633]

😂😂 good one

[@hutauruk_andika]

Old joke, *nose exhale...

[@jenniferahrens531]

Thank you! This is excellent! I'm so happy to have found this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eyuin5716]

She’s not really the earliest known author known by name. Maybe poet from Mesopotamia but definitely not author full stop. For example, the Ancient Egyptian royal inspector Merer had written a diary 300 years earlier describing the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Which is significant since this is the first time we have found actual first hand accounts for the construction of the Great Pyramid. EDIT: “author - a writer of a book, article, or report“ - Oxford Dictionary. I’m not sure why people are trying to make the case that if you penned down technical writing, that doesn’t make you an author. That’s like saying Newton and Einstein weren’t the authors of their own published works. But if you’re looking for an example that isn’t technical writing, look up The Maxims of Ptahhotep written literally a few decades before Enheduanna‘s time. It was written by Vizier Ptahhotep and it describes his own personal philosophy and experiences.

[@godlesslippillow]

Ęÿūį Æßñ is it a description? Or a Story? I think they mean author in that she wrote down original works. In the video the narration mentions other people writing about transactions and accounting which is writing but not authorship.

[@josephm.6453]

They are talking about non technical writing. The oldest writing of any kind is also from Mesopotamia. It is a complaint letter from a merchant to a supplier!

[@Dunnowhocares]

@@josephm.6453 They literally mention it in the video! Do people comment before watching?

[@eyuin5716]

@Saracles “author - a writer of a book, article, or report“ - Oxford Dictionary. You’re making a distinction without a difference. If Ted-ED had said that she was the earliest known poet by name, that would have been more accurate. However with respect to being the “earliest known author by name” full stop, that is simply no longer accurate. Especially given my counterexample.

[@eyuin5716]

@Saracles And if you’re specifically looking for someone who composed in your words “original works” as in not “a description”, look up The Maxims of Ptahhotep written a few decades before her. It was written by Vizier Ptahhotep and literally written about his personal experiences and philosophy.

[@cattidesjar4229]

There are so many things I learned in this video! Thank you TedEd! And I love Christina Greer's voice!

[@sasham152]

Hi Ted! Love the video. Just a note: it’s more apt to call the Hebrew/Jewish “Old Testament” the “Torah.” The Old Testament is the name given to the Torah by Christianity not the name used by those who practice Judaism. It’s much in the same way as calling the Quran “the Muslim bible” doesn’t quite make sense.

[@yullanvalor3380]

The Torah is the first 5 books of Moses. The Tanacht (spelling? ) is the sum of all of the books in the Hebrew bible. Am I wrong here... ?

[@Dezomm]

If you guys could do videos on other early writers that would be so cool. It's a very fascinating subject to me. Especially Murasaki Shikubi who wrote the Tale of Genji, considered to be the world's first novel. If you reading this want to find out more about why I think it's a fascinating subject please see the "Literary Context" of the novel in this article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji#Literary_context

[@yumnaamjad2637]

These ted videos r so relaxing and educational

[@Future_Pheonix]

It's interesting that people have studied and have been deeply affected by writings influenced by hers for so long, yet I've never heard about her before and she isn't taught about in schools...

[@brandiboo1231]

im gonna need to look more into enheduanna. great video. i always heard in my japanese courses of "the tale of genji" by lady murasaki as being the first novel. i think that could also make for a pretty cool video!

[@francesleones4973]

Thank you, TED-ED ❤️ Your videos make being in quarantine more bearable. And I get to keep learning 😊

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

Majestic animating! (And Writing)

[@kinrateia]

Nothing could inspire me to focus on my writing more than hearing about her

[@vinceofficial94]

I love this channel, my motto in life is "Never stop learning"

[@anniesue4456]

The Morgan Library in Manhattan NY has an exhibit to her from Oct 2022 to Feb 2023 ...

[@geraldjinx]

Congratulations on hitting 11 Million Subscribers. I am one of them, and I turned on notifications :)

[@sharvahalde6040]

Ted-ed always happens to know how to weave beautiful lessons using great stories, amazing animation and soothing music and vibrant voices.

[@arfn1973]

Wow! Amazing animation!

[@palianshow]

excellent work, thank you so much for introducing me to this fascinating person. googling her to find out more, sadly the Wikipedia entry says she died age 35, yet the animation says she was a High Priestess for 40 years. 4:07 Born: 2286 BC, Mesopotamia, Iraq Died: 2251 BC (age 35 years) messy ...

[@alvinlajara2337]

Thank you TED-Ed, this helps me a lot especially now. I really enjoy your videos, keep safe.

[@twara.an454]

Oh I love your videos .... Every history explained with great pictures and for better understanding the voices and background music fits so perfectly ..... This is the channel where you can explore the most of the world .. oh I thank youu .... Please continue with your work

[@Nous98]

I don’t think we can be academically sure about period of Abraham’s life, let alone that he historically existed at all or not.

[@nyan2317]

Did she wrote the Epic of Gilgamesh? I've read somewhere that that's the oldest piece of written fiction/mythos.

[@ErickSoares3]

No. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest that we still read (and was done by several authors across the time and only later compilated in a single story/book), but there's still older texts (I saw that the Egyptian texts are older than Gilgamesh). Looks that the only texts by Enheduanna (that we know), are what is told in the video.

[@lharascarlet]

Yorokobe.

[@lharascarlet]

@Time Lord Zasshu!

[@Internet-Alias]

*let's go ladies!*

[@Bell_Matt]

*Insert internet name* Jajajaja

[@sebastianathiememorial520]

How I miss my childhood. She meant the first sound for a beautiful childhood, but she died like many others. Writers, directors, actors, poets, etc. are part of us.Only now when I open google do I see how an important person dies of Covid-19 or Cancer or other diseases. I don't think those who made my childhood beautiful are gone. Enheduanna, Homer, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo Bonaroti, Sebastian Athie, Paul Walker, Dimitrie Cantemir, Jesus Christ 😭 etc. They are the angels sent by God to earth. Thanks a lot for everything.God rest you in peace.

[@mohammedakmal9358]

that eastern music is beautiful

[@PoonamSharma-np6cw]

What about Indus Valley civilization?????

[@VigneshVicky-ku8gr]

The script is not deciphered

[@Sali009]

Do you guys have a video about Hekate/Hecate?

[@Kalorag]

Very interesting, thank you.

[@Manutallu]

I love the animating so much

[@MisterOrange1]

My hero. Thank you because stories are my life

[@harshshitole6293]

Woow,just cannot comprehend how old it is? Transition from record keeping to original works

[@maaryxart1170]

OMG I love this!

[@T15A20]

interesting video, thx! The only thing I knew about those times was Gilgamesh untill now.

[@ultramarinewaters9325]

Beautiful story and art

[@funlearntv9644]

Wow, amazing! Thank you for this piece of information.

[@jyotidubey612]

Make a video on why should you read the MAHABHARATA

[@mariadinizcosta7098]

@That Sports Guy It's a series Ted-Ed makes, called "Why you should read..." where they talk about books, their authors and their historical and cultural context. It's great! Check it out. Their video on "Midnight's Children" convinced me to read it and I'm really glad I did, it's a great book. Although I do think the Mahabharata would be best covered in one of their mythology videos.

[@mariadinizcosta7098]

@That Sports Guy Midnight's Children is an indian book. Like I said, Ted-Ed did a video on it and it's great, both the video and the book

[@guruduttmaurya9732]

Guys i really love ur work How do u manage to get such ideas

[@Senersebee]

Tried to find info on where to find the original writings of Enheduanna and only found The Disk of Enheduanna (at Penn museum, London), can you see some of her writings in person somewhere in the world?

[@eliiuu9597]

i love this styleee

[@sazomere9467]

I am always very excited to learn new things and Ted-Ed always delivers. May I suggest that Émilie du Châtelet was a brilliant philosopher and you guys should make a video on her career? #Suggestion

[@bulletbill1104]

You call her history’s first author but there were probably various authors before her who didn’t believe in writing down their poems or didn’t have a system for it. Look at how the Greeks shunned upon writing things down

[@Future_Pheonix]

Well I mean, if you don't write it down are you really an author? I think you'd be more of a story teller... Poets are kinda different too.

[@rupeshjadhav4713]

She can be documented first lady to write something first but we have present the writings of much before those are completely unnoticed. The Mystery of Indian civilisation could never be accepted.

[@sakuranovaryan9261]

The animation is so beautiful ♡

[@sherienagailmendoza7036]

Every night, i always check my KZbin inbox if there is a new Ted-ed video and i’ll watch it before i sleep. Thank you Ted-Ed for these educational videos. ❤️

[@utong9402]

I’m a new subscriber and I’m already learning more with this videos than my school

[@Slam_24]

They were really ahead of their time

[@Chrizteenz]

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[@luluviana9602]

Oh, how I loved this! What a delight!

[@joamdahl2065]

Thank You! I've been writing about her namesake, a daughter of Nebuchadnezzar II, but I've been curious about the original and haven't had time to research her.

[@nileshkulkarni6196]

Ur was the place of excavation of world's earliest museum, excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley. It was built by the Mesopotamian princess Ennigaldi. How was Ennigaldi related to Enheduanna ??

[@wesley-skyehayes26]

Should it not be noted that her works might not be the first but the oldest remaining?

[@user-tv2lj4bn2z]

There are older remaining works from the early dynastic period of Sumer. But most of them are legal/trade documents. One of the most interesting ones is the Mesilim Treaty, which resolved a border conflict between two neighboring cities. The conflict was mediated by a non-partial third party arbiter, and described remarkably sophisticated legal mechanisms such as a crop-sharing arrangement for a portion of boundary land that was cultivated by one city under lease with payment of an annual rental fee to the other city.

[@ffrreeddyy123456]

This is brilliant! Phenomenal video and such an unbelievably impacting human! So is that why we refer to ourselves as “I”? And beyond that, she was the reason we even thought about God’s relating to humans and having emotions/actions similar to our own. What if we came up with a different idea? Maybe it’d be our common cultural perception of what a god is, and then change how other things in culture have played out.

[@ga.y.meofthrone]

0:32 I really thought they said she had lived 1700 years xD

[@doraweltschmerz5833]

In a way, she does still live. She become immortal.

[@ilovecheez7769]

You imply that she didn't?

[@ick8907]

I always appreciate & love your work

[@NullNoxproduction]

I love this video ♥️thank you for the insight. 😃✨

[@mjstory1976]

Awesome and informative video

[@Aryan-pj3iw]

Last time I was this early Netflix had 4k

[@aleemrahman3966]

Soo interesting . I’m serious

[@the_luggage]

0:51 Love that look to camera; there's something about it...

[@sheffdeen]

I still prefer writing over digital . Something about writing stuff down helps me understand things better.

[@Sumirevins]

Think that you're so great that people can't forgot you even after 5000 years. In a sense she became immortal