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940 CE - 1020 CE: Life of the Persian poet Ferdowsi, author of the literary masterpiece Shahnameh, The Persian Book of Kings.
977 CE - 1010 CE: The Shahmaneh (Persian Book of Kings) is written; considered a masterpiece of world literature.