Early Indo European Literay History
The Sumerian Empire seems to have the oldest dates out of all the items that I researched. The name "Sumer" first began to be used in the 3rd millennium BCE. Sargon 1st conquered Sumer in 2335-2279. It then became known as Akkad when Hammurvadi of Babylonia defeated the ruler of Sumer, Rim-Sin (1823-1765).Next in the chronology would be the composition of Gilgamesh. The approximate date for this early epic is 2000 BCE. Not even a hundred years later, 1894 BCE, Babylon became an independent state. It was then captured by Kassite who made it into the country of Babylonia, with Babylon as its capital. Around 615 BCE, Babylonia collapsed and became part of the Assyrian Empire. Egyptian literature had developed fully by the 16th c. BCE. This time period, called the New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE), is but one of many high points in classical Egyptian literature. Here we see a full range of literary genres. There are extant versions of military exploit
The time of the composition of Mosaic books was the most difficult for me to pin down. Moses, who is, according to legend, supposed to be the author of these books lived around 13th century BCE. However, scholarly research has shown that that the actual numerous authors of the books drew on works dating from the 10th c. to the 5th c. BCE. The time of the composition of the Old Testament is also as vague. Most works I consulted gave a range of dates from around 1200-100 BCE. We know that these works had to have been composed after1570, because this is when the Hebrews were put into slavery in Egypt. This historical fact, and others included in the books, help to date the earliest time they could have been composed, however it seems no one can pin it down even to the range of a century. The Chinese have evidence of their ideographic writing dating back to the 14th c. BCE, where bones with divinic writings inscribed on them have been found in t
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