Events New Books/Scriptures 20th century BC: The Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian mythology) 19th century BC: The Ramayana (Hindu mythology) 1316 BC: The Mahabharata (of which the Bhagavad Gita is a section) (Hindu mythology) 8th century BC: The Iliad by Homer (Greek mythology) The Odyssey by Homer (Greek mythology) 5th century BC: The Histories of Herodotus by Herodotus 1st century BC: Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid by Vergil Torah (not all books were written at the same time.) Bible (not all books were written at the same time.) Qur'an 9th century: Beowulf (Anglo-Saxon mythology) 10th century: Shahnameh 1086 - Domesday Book 11th century: Le Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland) 12th century: Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus Births Deaths