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| advanced, traditional | Literatures | Philosophies and Religions | Sciences and Technologies | Histories | Miscellanies |
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| time | work in English | work | field | link | group in English | group |
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| between c. 1792 BC and c. 1750 BC | Code of Hammurabi | law |
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| c. 1000 BC | Edwin Smith Papyrus | medicine | ||||
| 1st millenium BC | Compendium of Charaka | चरकसंहिता
Carakasaṃhitā |
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| between 5th century BC and 3rd century BC | Oath of Hippocrates | Ιπποκράτειος Όρκος
Ippokráteios Órkos |
medicine |
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| before 496 BC | Master Sūn's Military Methods | 孫子兵法
Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ |
military |
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Seven Military Classics | 武經七書
Wǔjīng Qīshū |
| 449 BC | Laws of the Twelve Tables | lex duodecim tabularum | law |
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| 4th century BC | Methods of the Sīmǎ | 司馬法
Sīmǎ Fǎ |
military |
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Seven Military Classics | 武經七書
Wǔjīng Qīshū |
| before 381 BC | Master Wú | 吳子
Wúzǐ |
military |
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Seven Military Classics | 武經七書
Wǔjīng Qīshū |
| c. 300 BC | Elements | Στοιχεῖα
Stoikheîa |
mathematics |
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| before 221 BC | Six Secret Teachings | 六韜
Liùtāo |
military |
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Seven Military Classics | 武經七書
Wǔjīng Qīshū |
| before 221 BC | Master Wèi Liáo | 尉繚子
Wèi Liáo Zǐ |
military |
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Seven Military Classics | 武經七書
Wǔjīng Qīshū |
| 196 BC | Rosetta Stone decree | law |
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| 196 BC | Rhetoric for Herennius | Rhetorica ad Herennium | rhetorics |
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| between 30 BC and 20 BC | On Architecture | De architectura | architecture |
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| between 50 and 70 | On Medical Material | De materia medica | medicine |
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| before 9 | Three Strategies | 三略
Sānlüè |
military |
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Seven Military Classics | 武經七書
Wǔjīng Qīshū |
| c. 98 | On the Origin and Situation of the Germans | De origine et situ Germanorum | anthropology |
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| 100 | Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters | 說文解字
Shūowén Jiězì |
lexicology |
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| 131 | Periplus of the Euxine Sea | Περίπλους τοῦ Εὐξείνου Πόντου
Períplous toû Euxeínou Póntou |
geography |
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| before 2nd century | Classic of Zhōu Gnomon Computation | 周髀算經
Zhōubì Suànjīng |
mathematics |
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Ten Computational Canons | 算經十書
Suànjīng Shíshū |
| before 2nd century | On Automaton-Making | Αὐτοματοποιητική
Aútomatopoiitikí |
automation technology | |||
| before 2nd century | Pneumatics | Πνευματικά
Pneumatiká |
pneumatics |
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| 2nd century | Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art | 九章算術
Jiǔzhāng Suànshù |
mathematics |
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Ten Computational Canons | 算經十書
Suànjīng Shíshū |
| before 220 | Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor | 黃帝內經
Huángdì Nèijīng |
medicine |
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| before 220 | Lost Records of the Mathematical Methods | 數術記遺
Shùshù Jìyí |
mathematics |
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Ten Computational Canons | 算經十書
Suànjīng Shíshū |
| before 220 | Treatise on Cold Damage Diseases | 傷寒雜病論
Shānghán Zábìng Lùn |
medicine |
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| before 280 | Sea Island Mathematical Manual | 海島算經
Hǎidǎo Suànjīng |
mathematics |
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Ten Computational Canons | 算經十書
Suànjīng Shíshū |
| before 298 | Arithmetica | Ἀριθμητικά
Arithmētiká |
mathematics | |||
| between 3rd century and 5th century | Mathematical Classic of Master Sūn | 孫子算經
Sūnzǐ Suànjīng |
mathematics |
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Ten Computational Canons | 算經十書
Suànjīng Shíshū |
| 3rd century to 4th century | Suśruta's Compendium | सुश्रुतसंहिता
Suśrutasaṃhitā |
medicine | |||
| c. 350 | Eight Chapters | अष्टाध्यायी
Aṣṭādhyāyī |
linguistics | |||
| between 425 and 468 | Xiàhóu Yáng's Mathematical Manual | 夏侯陽算經
Xiàhóuyáng Suànjīng |
mathematics | Ten Computational Canons | 算經十書
Suànjīng Shíshū | |
| before 436 | Thirty-Six Stratagems | 三十六計 | military |
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| 438 | Theodosian Code | Codex Theodosianus | law |
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| between 466 and 485 | Mathematical Classic of Zhāng Qiūjiàn | 張邱建算經
Zhāng Qiūjiàn Suànjīng |
mathematics | Ten Computational Canons | 算經十書
Suànjīng Shíshū | |
| 5th century | Concerning Military Matters | De re militari | military | |||
| c. 510 | Āryabhaṭa's Works | आर्यभटीय
Āryabhaṭīya |
astronomy | |||
| before 534 | Commentary on the Classic of Water | 水經注
Shuǐjīngzhù |
geography |
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| 554 | Essential Techniques for the Welfare of the People | 齊民要術
Qímín Yàoshù |
agriculture |
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| 6th century | Five Classics of Mathematical Methods | 五經算術
Wǔjīng Suànshù |
mathematics |
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Ten Computational Canons | 算經十書
Suànjīng Shíshū |
| 6th century | Strategy | Στρατηγικόν
Stratēgikon |
military | |||
| before 626 | Continuation of Ancient Mathematics | 緝古算經
Jīgǔ Suànjīng |
mathematics |
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Ten Computational Canons | 算經十書
Suànjīng Shíshū |
| 646 | Records of the Western Regions during the Great Táng | 大唐西域記
Dàtáng Xīyù Jì |
geography |
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| 652 | Essential Formulas Worth a Thousand in Gold for Emergencies | 備急千金要方
Bèijí Qiānjīn Yàofāng |
medicine |
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| before 670 | Mathematical Manual of the Five Administrative Departments | 五曹算經
Wǔcáo Suànjīng |
mathematics |
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Ten Computational Canons | 算經十書
Suànjīng Shíshū |
| after 7th century | Questions and Replies between Emperor Tàizōng of Táng and Lǐ, Duke of Wèi | 唐太宗李衛公問對
Táng Tàizōng Lǐ Wèigōng Wènduì |
military |
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Seven Military Classics | 武經七書
Wǔjīng Qīshū |
| after 727 | Account of Travel to the Five Indian Kingdoms | 五天竺國傳
Wang Ocheonchukguk Jeon |
geography | |||
| between late 8th century and early 9th century | Provincial Capitals of Iran | شهرستانهای ایرانشهر
Šahrestānīhā ī Ērānšahr |
geography | |||
| before 818 | The Golden Treatise | ٱلرِّسَالَة ٱلذَّهَبِيَّة
al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah |
medicine | |||
| 820 | The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing | الكتاب المختصر في حساب الجبر والمقابلة
al-Kitāb al-Mukhtaṣar fī Ḥisāb al-Jabr wal-Muqābalah |
algebra |
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| between 895 and 908 | Tactics | Τακτικά
Taktiká |
military | |||
| 964 | Pictures of the Forty-Eight Planets | صور الكواكب الثمانية والأربعين
Ṣuwar al-Kawākib aṯ-Ṯamāniya wa-al-Arba'īn |
astronomy |
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| 10th century | To my own Son Romanos | Πρὸς τὸν ἴδιον υἱὸν αὐτοῦ Ῥωμανὸν | politics |
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| late 10th century to 11th century | Epistles of the Brethren of Purity | رسائل إخوان الصفا
Rasā'il Ikhwān al-Ṣafā |
(comprehensive) | |||
| c. 1000 | Arrangement of Medical Knowledge for One Who is Not Able to Compile a Book for Himself | كتاب التصريف لمن عجز عن التأليف
Kitāb al-Taṣrīf li-Man 'ajiza 'an al-Ta'līf |
medicine | |||
| 1008 | Broad Rimes | 廣韻
Guǎngyùn |
phonology |
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| between 1011 and 1021 | Book of Optics | كتاب المناظر
Kitāb al-Manāẓir |
optics | |||
| 1025 | Canon of Medicine | القانون في الطب
al-Qānūn fī l-ṭibb |
medicine |
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| 1027 | Book of Healing | کتاب الشفاء
Kitāb al-Shifāʾ |
medicine | |||
| 1044 | Complete Essentials for the Military Classics | 武經總要
Wǔjīng Zǒngyào |
military |
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| 1088 | Mèngxī Essays | 夢溪筆談
Mèngxī Bǐtán |
(comprehensive) |
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| early 11th century | Rus' Justice | Правда рѹсьскаꙗ
Právda rusĭskaja |
law | |||
| 11th century | Architect of Human Dwellings | समराङ्गणसूत्रधार
Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra |
architecture | |||
| 11th century | Maintenance of Health | تقويم الصحة
Taqwīm aṣ‑Ṣiḥḥa |
medicine | |||
| 1103 | Treatise on Architectural Methods | 營造法式
Yíngzào Fǎshì |
architecture |
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| 1215 | Great Charter of Freedoms | Magna Carta Libertatum | law |
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| 1247 | Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified | 洗冤集錄
Xǐyuān Jílù |
forensics |
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| 1290 | Tongue of the Arabs | لسان العرب
Lisān al-ʿArab |
lexicography |
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| c. 1300 | Book of the Marvels of the World | Le Divisament du Monde, Livre des merveilles du Monde | geography |
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| 14th century | Formations of Divine Fire Dragon Engines | 火龍神器陣法
Huǒlóng Shénqì Zhènfǎ |
military |
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| 1446 | Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People | 訓民正音
Hunminjeongeum |
phonology |
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| 1471 | Records of Countries Across the Sea to the East | 海東諸國紀
Haedong Jegukgi |
geography |
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| 1530 | Rationale | യുക്തിഭാഷ
Yuktibhāṣā |
mathematics, astronomy | |||
| 1543 | On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres | De revolutionibus orbium coelestium | astronomy |
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| 1560 | New Treatise on Military Efficiency | 紀效新書
Jìxiào Xīnshū |
military |
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| 1596 | Principles and Species of Roots and Herbs | 本草綱目
Běncǎo Gāngmù |
medicine |
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| 1598 | Compendium of Several Martial Arts | 武藝諸譜
Muyejebo |
military | |||
| 1616 | Military Work of Kōyō | 甲陽軍鑑
Kōyō Gunkan |
military |
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| 1621 | Records of Armaments and Military Provisions | 武備志
Wǔbèizhì |
military | |||
| 1632 | Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems | Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo | astronomy |
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| 1637 | Exploitation of the Works of Nature | 天工開物
Tiāngōng Kāiwù |
agriculture, handicraft |
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| 1637 | The Geometry | La Géométrie | geometry |
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| 1642 | Xú Xiákè's Travels | 徐霞客遊記
Xú Xiákè Yóujì |
geography |
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| 1645 | Book of Five Rings | 五輪書
Go Rin no Sho |
military | |||
| 1651 | Treatise on Painting | Trattato della pittura | painting |
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| 1676 | Ten Thousand Rivers Flowing Together to form an Ocean | 萬川集海
Mansenshūkai |
military | |||
| 1716 | Kāngxī Dictionary | 康熙字典
Kāngxī Zìdiǎn |
lexicography |
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| 1780 | Jehol Diary | 熱河日記
Yeolha Ilgi |
geography |
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| 1828 | American Dictionary of the English Language | American Dictionary of the English Language | lexicography |
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| 1832 | On War | Vom Kriege | military |
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| 1843 | Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Nations | 海國圖志
Hǎiguó Túzhì |
geography |
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| 1859 | The Voyage of the Beagle | The Voyage of the Beagle | biology, geology |
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| 1859 | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life | evolutionary biology |
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| 1887 – 1898 | Köhler's medicinal plants in lifelike illustrations with briefly explanatory text. Atlas on the Pharmacopoea germanica, austriaca, belgica, danica, helvetica, hungarica, rossica, suecica, Neerlandica, British pharmacopoeia, the Codex medicamentarius, and the Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America | Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte. Atlas zur Pharmacopoea germanica, austriaca, belgica, danica, helvetica, hungarica, rossica, suecica, Neerlandica, British pharmacopoeia, zum Codex medicamentarius, sowie zur Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America | medicine | |||
| 1890 | The Influence of Sea Power upon History: 1660–1783 | The Influence of Sea Power upon History: 1660–1783 | military |
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| 1890 | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion | anthropology |
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| 1905 | The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism | Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus | sociology |
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| 1912 | The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life | Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse | sociology |
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| 1922 | Argonauts of the Western Pacific | Argonauts of the Western Pacific | anthropology |
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| 1925 | The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies | Essai sur le don: forme et raison de l'échange dans les sociétés archaïques | anthropology | |||
| 1937 | Infantry Attacks | Infanterie greift an | military | |||
| 1962 | Silent Spring | Silent Spring | environmental science |
| basic | Enhanced Reading | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| intermediate | Cuisine Recipes | DIY Procedures | Retailings | Advertisements | Multilingual Articles |
| advanced | Forums | Recruitments | Laws and Regulations | ||
| advanced, traditional | Literatures | Philosophies and Religions | Sciences and Technologies | Histories | Miscellanies |