What can be deemed the earliest book known to humans? I'm talking cuneiform/clay tablets, or possibly other media.
The Epic of Gilgamesh in any which form is an early contender in my eyes...but are there books [or stories in general] known that predate the former? For I can't imagine that it was Gilgamesh alone, the only story educated for hundreds of years to a people that knew how to read and write. Have there been found earlier tablets with other stories?