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The Instructions of Shuruppag - Ancient Philosophical Wisdom
The Instructions of Shuruppag (circa 2500/2000 BCE) is the most famous work of the genre of...
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The Debate Between Sheep and Grain
The Debate Between Sheep and Grain (c. 2000 BCE) is one of the best-known Sumerian literary debates in a genre...
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A Supervisor's Advice to a Young Scribe
A Supervisor's Advice to a Young Scribe is a Sumerian composition relating a dialogue between an elder scribe...
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Pausanius' Guide To Ancient Athens
Pausanius (l. 110-180 CE) was a geographer and historian who traveled extensively, taking notes on points of interest...
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Herodotus on Lydia
Herodotus’ narrative on Lydia takes up almost one half of Book I of his Histories and the section dealing with King Croesus...
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Battle of Thymbra
The Battle of Thymbra (547 BCE) was the decisive engagement between Cyrus II (the Great, r. c. 550-530 BCE) of Persia and Croesus...
