Editing Disputation (section)

== Mesopotamian disputations ==
{{Further information|Sumerian disputations|Akkadian disputations}}

In the [[ancient Near East]], disputation was a popular genre of literature that went back at least to the mid-3rd millennium BC with the onset of [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]] disputations, followed by the first [[Akkadian language|Akkadian-language]] disputations which began in the 18th century BC. Sumerian and Akkadian language disputations had some discontinuity, insofar as different topics were discussed, different literary conventions were used, and none of the later Akkadian disputations appear to be translations of earlier Sumerian disputations. The two most well-attested Sumerian disputations are the ''[[Debate between the hoe and the plough]]'' and the ''[[Debate between sheep and grain]]''.{{Sfn|Jimenez|2017|p=13–26}}{{Sfn|Mittermayer|2020|p=}}