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The Middle Era

6 AD - 1485

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  1. Petronius Arbiter, Rome, 61. The Satyricon.
  2. Seneca, Rome 49. On the Shortness of Life.
  3. Luke, John, Paul. Israel, ca. 60-80. The Gospel, The Acts, Epistles, Romans.
  4. Plutarch, Greece, 100. Life of Alexander, Life of Cato.
  5. Suetonius, Rome, 119. The Twelve Caesars.
  6. Marcus Aurelius, Rome, 180. Meditations.
  7. Apuleius, Numidia, 160. The Golden Ass.
  8. Augustine of Hippo, Rome, 410. The City of God.
  9. Kalidasa, India, ca. 410. The Cloud Messenger.
  10. Unknown, Japan, 630. The Kojiki
  11. Muhammad of Medina, Arabia, 632. The Koran.
  12. Hui-Neng, China, ca 700. The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
  13. Sei Shonagon,Japan, 990.The Pillow Book.
  14. Murasaki Shikubu, Japan, ca. 990.The Tale of Genji.
  15. Unknown, Baghdad, 950. The Thousand and One Nights
  16. Ben Hasan Firdawsi, Persia, ca 1000. Shah Nameh.
  17. Omar Khayyam, Persia, ca 1100. The Rubaiyat.
  18. Unknown, England, ca. 1000. Beowulf.
  19. Unknown, Wales, ca. 1150. The Mabinogion.
  20. Snori Sturluson, Iceland, 1220. The Prose Edda.
  21. Unknown, Austria, ca 1210. Niebelungenlied.
  22. St. Thomas Aquinas, Italy, 1273. Summa Theologica.
  23. Dante Alighieri, Italy, 1321. The Divine Comedy.
  24. Giovanni Boccaccio, Italy, 1352. The Decameron.
  25. Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, 1375. Muqaddimah.
  26. Luo Kuan-chung, China, ca. 1380. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
  27. Shin Nai-an, China, 1390. The Water Margin.
  28. Geoffrey Chaucer, England, 1395. The Canterbury Tales.
  29. Unknown, England, ca 1400. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  30. Thomas Malory, England, 1485. Le Morte D’Arthur.