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
- Egyptian Magical Spells
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 James Mooney - Cherokee
- "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]- Confucius' Analects
- Book of Songs
- Dao de Ching
- Han Feizi's The Five Vermin
- Qin Law
- Records of the Grand Historian
India
[edit | edit source]- Rig Veda
- Upanishads
- Bhagavad Gita
- Natyasastra
- Shakuntala
- Buddhacarita ("Life of the Buddha")
- Saddharmaratnavaliya (Portraits of Buddhist women)
- Cosmic Egg
Iran
[edit | edit source]Levant
[edit | edit source]- Genesis 1-2 (first creation story)
- Genesis 2-3 (second creation story)
- Genesis - texts about covenant
- Genesis 22
- Exodus
- Isaiah
- Song of Songs
- Esther
- First Maccabees
- Ephesians
- The Gospel According to Matthew
- The Gospel According to Mark
- The Gospel According to Luke
- The Gospel According to John
Mesopotamia
[edit | edit source]Europe
[edit | edit source]Greece
[edit | edit source]- Homer's Odyssey
- Sappho
- Plato's Phaedo
- Plato's Euthyphro
- Plato's Apology
- Aristotle's Politics
- Epictetus's Enchiridion ("Handbook")