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In their defense they hadn't invented literature yet. Eventually Enheduanna had the idea to talk about the gods.
But it is fascinating to know that writing began as a means of accounting and logistics and then Eventually spread to ideas like stories.
What are stories if not the logistics history of a person or group ?