The First in History

Firsts are records that once set, cannot be broken, although they can be disputed. Many people think that Christopher Columbus was the first European to reach North America in 1492, but in fact it was Norwegian Leif Erikson around 1000 CE.

This history of firsts spans the period from the dawn of civilization to the present day. It may seem surprising that the world's first named author was a Mesopotamian woman named Enheduanna, in the twenty-third century BCE.

Come and explore history from a different point of view.