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		lulzury 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and don't k... If you mean "Who is the earliest known recorded individual in human history?" wikipedia says "The name "Kushim" is found on several Uruk period (c. 3400–3000 BC) clay tablets used to record transactions of barley." [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushim_(Uruk_period)

onlypassingthru 10 months ago [–]

That's pretty remarkable that Kushim holds the title, and not for anything other than dealing in barley.

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