Gilgamesh has characters and a long story with character development, which makes it quite distinct from other kinds of writing like inventories, prayers, colle

Gilgamesh has characters and a long story with character development, which makes it quite distinct from other kinds of writing like inventories, prayers, collections of advice etc. Typically it is called the first epic. The article is kind of a straw-man - nobody have claimed Gilgamesh is the first writing we have.