Cuneiform Education in Sargonic Mesopotamia
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine cuneiform education in Sargonic Mesopotamia, with the aim of understanding the structure, goals, development, and context of scribal education in this period. The material used for this study includes all texts that can be considered school texts or didactic in nature. The investigation will first cover the texts at each stage in the education process and second, the curriculum of education will be examined as a whole, in its socio-historical context and in relation to other didactic structures from Mesopotamia.
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