The earliest poems were read and written in Sumerian and Akkadian

Sargon was a northern Semite who spoke Akkadian,and the older Sumerian cities in the south viewed him as a foreign invader.They frequently revolted to regain their independence,fracturing his new dynasty.To bridge the gap between cultures,Sargon appointed his only daughter, Enheduanna, as high priestess in the empire’s most important temple.Female royalty traditionally served religious roles,and she was educated to read and write in both Sumerian and Akkadian,and make mathematical calculations.The world's first writing started in Sumeras a system of accounting,allowing merchants to communicate over long distances with traders abroad.Their pictogram system of record keeping developed into a script