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| c. 1500 BC |
| | Sacrificial hymns of the Aryans, gathered in the Rigveda, become the earliest Sanskrit literature | |
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| c. 750 BC |
| | The Homeric texts, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are written down - probably in Ionia | |
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| c. 600 BC |
| | The poems of the Shi Jing, China's earliest work of literature, are gathered together | |
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| 484 BC |
| | Aeschylus wins the prize for tragedy at the City Dionysia in Athens | |
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| 468 BC |
| | Sophocles wins the prize for tragedy in Athens, defeating Aeschylus in the competition | |
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| 454 BC |
| | Euripides enters the drama contest at the City Dionysia in Athens for the first time | |
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