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== Historical context ==

In Mesopotamian disputation literature, debates between trees is a recurring theme. In Akkadian disputations, examples include the ''[[Tamarisk and Palm]]'', ''Palm and Vine'', and ''Series of the Poplar''.{{Sfn|Ceccarelli|2020|p=152}} A much later example from [[Aesop]]'s fables is [[The Oak and the Reed|''The Oak and the Reed'']].{{Sfn|West|2013|p=421, 421n16}}

== References ==

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* {{Cite book |last=Van Dijk |first=J.J.A. |url=https://archive.org/details/lasagessesumroac0000dijk |title=La sagesse suméro-accadienne. Recherches sur les genres littéraires des textes sapientiaux avec choix de textes |date=1953 |publisher=Brill}}

* {{Cite journal |last=Van Dijk |first=J.J.A. |date=1965 |title=Le motif cosmique dans la pensée sumérienne |url=https://journals.uio.no/actaorientalia/article/view/5247 |journal=Acta Orientalia |volume=28 |pages=1–59}}

* {{Cite book |last=West |first=M.L. |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Hellenica/vHdCAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=aesop%20oak%20and%20reed%20sumerian%20tree%20and%20reed&pg=PA421&printsec=frontcover |title=Hellenica: Volume III: Philosophy, Music and Metre, Literary Byways, Varia |date=2013 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}

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