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Jesus is said to have been born somewhere around 7 B.C.E.
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The Hebrew Bible is a canonical collection of Jewish texts (250 A.D.)
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Alexander led a Greek army of 35,000 against the Persians in 334 B.C.E.
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Rome was founded in 750 B.C.E. by two brothers Romulus and Remus. Was one of the largest empires in Ancient History.
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Greek civilization was preceded by an advanced civilization located on the lands surrounding the Aegean Sea from about 2000 B.C.E. to 1200 B.C.E.
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Homer wrote the Iliad somewhere between 800-725 B.C.E.
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Homer wrote the Odyssey somewhere around 850 B.C.E.
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The Rosetta Stone was carved around 196 B.C.E. The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799
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Ancient Egyptian Literature dates from the Old Kingdom somewhere around 2755-2255 B.C.E. The religious literature of Ancient Egypt includes hymns to the gods, mythological and magical texts, and an extensive collection of mortuary texts.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is perhaps the oldest written story on earth. The story is said to have originated somewhere between 2750 and 2500 B.C.E.
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The first forms of writing are credited to the Sumerians. Dates back as late as 3200 B.C.E.
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Creation myths are dated back towards the beginning of time. Many civilizations have their own creation myths although most of them are similar. Creation myths are stories to tell about how the world began and how humans came to inhabit it.
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Oral literature has been around since the beginning of time. There is no current evidence of what civilization was the first to utilize this method of education.
