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The Epic of Gilgamesh is regarded as the earliest known long literary text in written history. Its formation extends back to the Sumerian period, around 5000 BCE, when it began to be recorded in writing. The epic was composed in the Akkadian language using cuneiform script on clay tablets and remained popular during the periods of the Assyrian and Babylonian kingdoms. Access to the texts of the Epic of Gilgamesh became possible through archaeological discoveries in the mid-19th century. The epic