earliest mention
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The first recorded reference to something.
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- The earliest mention of the ancient city was found on a clay tablet dating back to 3000 BC.
- The earliest mention of the town is in a 16th-century manuscript.
- We're trying to find the earliest mention of dragons in European literature.
- Historians are still debating the earliest mention of coffee in European texts.
- The earliest mention of a device resembling a computer is often attributed to Charles Babbage.
- The scroll contains the earliest mention of this ancient ritual.
- This book contains what is believed to be the earliest mention of the tomato in European texts.
- We're looking for the earliest mention of dragons in mythology.
- The historian traced the earliest mention of this law to a royal decree from the 15th century.
- Her book traces the earliest mention of democracy in philosophical writings.
- The earliest mention of my family name in this region's records is from 1685.
- Do we have any records of the earliest mention of printing technology?
- What is the earliest mention of the game of chess that we know of?
- The archaeologist discovered the earliest mention of their civilization on a clay tablet.
- Her research focuses on the earliest mention of symptoms associated with diabetes in ancient medical scrolls.
- This letter provides the earliest mention of his plans to travel abroad.
- The ship's log provides the earliest mention of the island, which was previously thought to be undiscovered.
- They celebrated what they believed was the earliest mention of their family name.
- While myths abound, the earliest verifiable mention of Atlantis comes from Plato's dialogues.
- Can you find the earliest mention of this particular scientific theory?