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This is a list of classic children's books published no later than 2008 and still available in the English language. [1] [2] [3] Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children.
[16] [17] The oldest extant printed book is a work of the Diamond Sutra and dates back to 868 CE, during the Tang Dynasty. [16] The Diamond Sutra was printed by method of woodblock printing , a strenuous method in which the text to be printed would be carved into a woodblock's surface, essentially to be used to stamp the words onto the writing ...
Middle Bronze Age: 2000 BC to 1601 BC (approximate dates shown) 2000 BC: Egyptian Coffin Texts and Teaching for King Merykara 2000 BC: Sumerian Lament for Ur , Lament for Sumer and Ur , Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta , and Debate between Winter and Summer [ 20 ]
The following is a list of the world's oldest surviving physical documents. Each entry is the most ancient of each language or civilization. For example, the Narmer Palette may be the most ancient from Egypt, but there are many other surviving written documents from Egypt later than the Narmer Palette but still more ancient than the Missal of Silos.
Established in 1224 by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, University of Naples Federico II in Italy is the world's oldest state-funded university in continuous operation. [73] [74] Modern systems of education in Europe derive their origins from the schools of the High Middle Ages. Most schools during this era were founded upon religious ...
A book from Egypt that was written at the dawn of Christianity and is considered one of the oldest books in existence will go up for auction in June in London. The Crosby-Schoyen Codex - written ...
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Nine Books of Disciplines by Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BC-27 BC) Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder (AD 77-79); highly influential through the Middle Ages, the oldest encyclopedia for which there is an extant copy; De verborum significatione by Sextus Pompeius Festus (2nd century AD) Onomasticon by Julius Pollux (2nd century AD)