The Ancient World (HUM 124 - UNC Asheville)/Texts
The textual primary sources are organized by geographical region.
List of texts[edit | edit source]
Africa[edit | edit source]
North Africa[edit | edit source]
Book of the Dead - Ancient Egypt
The Teaching of Amenemope - Ancient Egypt
"The Sayings of the Great Entertainer" (Love Poetry) - Ancient Egypt
West Africa[edit | edit source]
Why The Sun and Moon Are In The Sky - Ibibio
Ifá Divination Poetry - Yoruba
East Africa[edit | edit source]
The Chameleon Finds - Yao
America[edit | edit source]
North America[edit | edit source]
"How the World Was Made" by Kathi Smith Littlejohn - Cherokee
"Corn Woman Spirit" by Freeman Owle - Cherokee
"Daughter of the Sun" by Freeman Owle - Cherokee
Nature Stories by Freeman Owle - Cherokee
The Laughing Girl - Tewa (Pueblo)
Mesoamerica[edit | edit source]
Asia[edit | edit source]
China[edit | edit source]
Records of the Grand Historian
India[edit | edit source]
Buddhacarita ("Life of the Buddha")
Saddharmaratnavaliya (Portraits of Buddhist women)
Iran[edit | edit source]
Behistun Inscription of Darius I
Levant[edit | edit source]
Genesis 1-2 (first creation story)
Genesis 2-3 (second creation story)
Genesis - texts about covenant
The Gospel According to Matthew
Mesopotamia[edit | edit source]
Europe[edit | edit source]
Greece[edit | edit source]
Epictetus's Enchiridion ("Handbook")