Pre 13th century in literature

See also: 13th century in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books/Scriptures 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

New Books/Scriptures

• 20th century BC: The Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian mythology)
• 19th century BC: The Ramayana (Hindu mythology)
• 1316 BC: The Mahabharata (of which the Bhagavad Gita is a section) (Hindu mythology)
• 8th century BC:
  • The Iliad by Homer (Greek mythology)
  • The Odyssey by Homer (Greek mythology)
• 5th century BC: The Histories of Herodotus by Herodotus
• 1st century BC: Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid by Vergil

• Torah (not all books were written at the same time.)
• Bible (not all books were written at the same time.)
• Qur'an

• 9th century: Beowulf (Anglo-Saxon mythology)
• 10th century: Shahnameh
• 1086 - Domesday Book
• 11th century: Le Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland)
• 12th century: Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus

Births

Deaths