Memphite theology c.2500

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Memphite theology (c.2500)
Enuma Elish (2nd -1st millenium)
Hymn to Aten (14th century)
Rig Veda (c.1500-1000)
Gilgamesh (1200)
Book of Songs (1000-600)
Homer (8th century)
Upanishads (c.800-600)
Hesiods Theogony (late 8th century)
Genesis and Song of Songs (1st millenium )
Job (6th century)
The Medea (5th century)
Confucius (551-479)
Buddha (563-483)
Lysistrata (411)
Plato (c.429-327)
Aristotle (384-322)
Analects written down (3rd century)
Dao de jing compiled (c.200)
Bhagavad-Gita (1st century)
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Augustine (354-430)
Tao Qian (365-427)
Muhammad (570-632)
Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Han Shan (600-800)
Li Bo (702-762)
Al-Hallaj (857-922)
Al-Niffari (?-c.976)
Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Hildegard von Bingen (1078-1179)
Conference of the Birds (late 12th century)
Mechthild von Magdeburg (c.1210-1282)
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Divine Comedy (1308-1321)
The Thousand and One Nights (collected c.14th
century)
Decameron (1349-1351)
Utopia (1516)
The Prince (1513-1532)
The Courtier (1513-1524)
Heptameron (1558)
Montaignes Essays (1575)