User:Furius/List of Histories

This page contains a list of works of history arranged by period and location.

Ancient History

Ancient Near East

Mesopotamia

History	Location	Time Span	Date Completed	Language	Link
Sumerian King List	Sumer	Prehistory-18th century BC	c. 1700 BC	Sumerian	[1]
Chronicle P	Babylon	15th-13th century BC	c. 800 BC		[2]
Synchronistic Chronicle	Assyria	15th-9th century BC	c. 800 BC		[3]
Assyrian King List	Assyria	20th century BC-722 BC	c. 720 BC		[4]
Akitu Chronicle	Babylon	700 BC-625 BC			[5]
Nabû-Nasir to Šamaš-šuma-ukin	Babylon	745 BC-668 BC	c. 500 BC	Sumerian	[6]
Nabopolassar Chronicle	Babylon	626 BC-605 BC	605 BC	Sumerian	[7] [8] [9]
Cyrus Cylinder	Babylon	539 BC	539 BC	Akkadian	[10]
Nabonidus Chronicle	Babylon	556 BC-530 BC	c. 500 BC	Sumerian	[11]
Babylonaica	Babylon	Prehistory-4th century BC	c. 280 BC	Ancient Greek

Levant

History	Location	Time Span	Date Completed	Language	Link
Poem on Kadesh	Qadesh	1274 BC	1274 BC	Ancient Egyptian	[12]
Book of Judges	Israel	12th-11th century BC		Biblical Hebrew	[13]
Books of Samuel	Israel	11th century BC		Biblical Hebrew	[14] [15]
Books of Kings	Israel and Judah	10th-6th century BC	c. 550 BC	Biblical Hebrew	[16] [17]
Books of Chronicles	Israel & Judah	11th-6th century BC		Biblical Hebrew	[18] [19]
Book of Ezra	Achaemenid Israel	536 BC-456 BC		Aramaic	[20]
1 Maccabees	Israel	175 BC-134 BC	c. 100 BC	Greek	[21]
The Wars of the Jews	Judea	164 BC-70 CE	75 CE	Greek	[22]
Antiquities of the Jews	Israel	Prehistory-66 CE	93 CE	Latin	[23]

Caucasus

History	Location	Time Span	Date Written	Language	Link
Koryun's Life of Mashtots	Armenia	4th-5th century CE	c. 450 CE	Armenian	[24]
Agathangelos' Conversion of Armenia	Armenia	257 CE-331	5th century CE	Armenian	[25]
Yeghishe's History of Vartan	Armenia	449 CE-451	5th century CE	Armenian	[26]
Ghazar Parpetsi	Armenia	387 CE-484	c. 500 CE	Armenian	[27]

Persia

History	Location	Time Span	Date Written	Language	Link
Behistun Inscription	Persia	522 BC-519 BC	519 BC	Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian	[28]
Herodotus's Histories	Persia & Greece	8th century BC-478 BC	c. 440 BC	Greek	[29]
Xenophon's Anabasis	Persia	404 BC-400 BC	370 BC	Greek	[30]
Quintus Curtius Rufus	Persia & Macedon	333 BC-321 BC	50 CE	Latin	[31]
Plutarch's Artaxerxes II	Persia	450 BC-358 BC	100 CE	Greek	[32]
Plutarch's Alexander	Persia & Macedon	356 BC-323 BC	100 CE	Greek	[33]
Arrian's Anabasis	Persia & Macedon	336 BC-323 BC	150 CE	Greek	[34]
Ka'ba-ye Zartosht	Sassanids	3rd century CE	3rd century CE	Greek, Pahlavi &Parthian	pdf!]
Kartir	Sassanids	3rd century CE	3rd century CE	Pahlavi	[35] [36]
Book of the Deeds of Ardashir	Sassanids	200 CE-240	5th century CE	Pahlavi	[37]
Bundahishn	Persia	Prehistory-7th century CE	7th century CE	Pahlavi	[38]
Shahrestanha-ye Eranshahr	Sassanids	3rd century CE-7th century CE	c. 800 CE	Pahlavi
Shahnameh	Sassanids	Prehistory-7th century CE	1000 CE	Pahlavi

Anatolia

History	Location	Time Span	Date Written	Language	Link
Anitta Text	Hittites	19th-17th century BC	17th century BC	Hittite	[39]
The Proclamation of Telipinu	Hittites	17th-15th century BC	15th century BC	Hittite	[40]
Deeds of Šuppiluliuma	Hittites	1344 BC-1320 BC	1300 BC	Hittite
Annals of Muršili II	Hittites	1320 BC-1300 BC	1300 BC	Hittite	[41]
Apology of Ḫattušili III	Hittites	13th century BC	13th century BC	Hittite	[42]

Asia

China

History	Location	Time Span	Date Written	Language	Link
Classic of History	Ancient China	Prehistory-7th century BC	c. 6th century BC	Chinese	[43]
Spring and Autumn Annals	Lu	722 BC-481 BC	c. 481 BC	Chinese
Zuo Qiuming's Zuo Zhuan	Lu	722 BC-468 BC	c. 400 BC	Chinese
Bamboo Annals	Ancient China	Prehistory-4th century BC	3rd century BC	Chinese
Sima Qian's Shiji	Ancient China	Prehistory-100 BC	c. 100 BC	Chinese
Zhan Guo Ce	Eastern Zhou	490 BC-221 BC	1st century BC	Chinese	[44]
Book of Han	Han	220 BC-25 CE	111 CE	Chinese
Records of the Three Kingdoms	China	189 CE-280	c. 280 CE	Chinese
Book of the Later Han	Han	25 CE-220	5th century CE	Chinese
Shiliuguo Chunqiu	China	4th-5th century CE	c. 520 CE	Chinese
Book of Song	Liu Song	420 CE-479	6th century CE	Chinese
Book of Qi	Southern Qi	479-502	6th century CE	Chinese
Book of Wei	Northern & Eastern Wei	386-550	554	Chinese
Book of Liang	Liang	502-557	635	Chinese
Book of Chen	Chen	557-589	635	Chinese
Book of Northern Qi	Northern Qi	550-577	636	Chinese
Book of Zhou	Northern Zhou	557-581	636	Chinese
Book of Jin	Jin	265 CE-420	c. 648 CE	Chinese
History of Northern Dynasties	North China	386-618	659	Chinese
History of Southern Dynasties	South China	420-589	659	Chinese

India

History	Location	Time Span	Date Written	Language	Link
Edicts of Ashoka	Maurya	3rd century BC	3rd century BC	Magadhi	[45]
Ashokavadana	Maurya	3rd century BC	2nd century CE	Sanskrit
Hathigumpha	Kalinga	170 BC-158 BC	157 BC	Kalinga	[46]
Yuga Purana	Sunga	2nd-1st century BC	2nd century CE	Sanskrit
Rabatak inscription	Kushans	2nd century CE	2nd century CE	Bactrian	[47]
Dipavamsa	Sri Lanka	6th century BC-300 CE	c. 300 CE	Pali
Mahavamsa	Sri Lanka	6th century BC-361 CE	5th century CE	Pali	[48]
Vayu Purana	India	Prehistory-6th century CE	6th century CE	Sanskrit

Europe

Greece

History	Location	Time Span	Date Written	Language	Link
Herodotus's Histories	Persia & Greece	8th century BC-478 BC	c. 440 BC	Greek	[49]
Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War	Greece	433 BC-411 BC	400 BC	Greek	[50]
Xenophon's Hellenica	Greece	411 BC-362 BC	360 BC	Greek	[51]
Hellenica Oxyrhynchia	Greece	411 BC-394 BC	4th century BC	Greek
Polybius' Histories	Ancient Mediterranean	264 BC-146 BC	130 BC	Greek	[52]
Diodorus' Bibliotheca historica	Ancient Mediterranean	Prehistory-60 BC	30 BC	Greek	[53]
Plutarch's Parallel Lives	Greece & Rome	7th century BC-183 BC	100 CE	Greek	[54]
Justin's Philippic History	Ancient Greece	Prehistory-20 BC	Latin	4th century CE	[55]

Rome

History	Location	Time Span	Date Written	Language	Link
Polybius' Histories	Ancient Mediterranean	264 BC-146 BC	c. 130 BC	Greek	[56]
Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico	Roman Gaul	58 BC-51 BC	c. 45 BC	Latin	[57]
Julius Caesar's de Bello Civili	Rome	49 BC-47 BC	c. 45 BC	Latin	[58]
De Bello Africo	Roman Africa	46 BC	c. 45 BC	Latin	[59]
De Bello Hispaniensi	Hispania	46 BC-45 BC	c. 45 BC	Latin	[60]
Sallust's Jugurthine War	Roman Africa	112 BC	c. 40 BC	Latin	[61]
Sallust's Conspiracy of Catiline	Rome	63 BC	c. 40 BC	Latin	[62]
Diodorus' Bibliotheca historica	Ancient Mediterranean	Prehistory-60 BC	30 BC	Greek	[63]
Dionysius' Roman Antiquities	Rome	Prehistory-3rd century BC	c. 10 BC	Greek	[64]
Livy's Ab Urbe Condita	Rome	500 BC-300 BC, 218 BC-168 BC	9 BC	Latin	[65]
Res Gestae Divi Augusti	Rome	44 BC-14 CE	14 CE	Latin	[66]
Velleius' Roman History	Rome	170 BC-29 CE	c. 30 CE	Latin	[67]
Tacitus' Agricola	Roman Britain	40 CE-93	96 CE	Latin	[68]
Plutarch's Parallel Lives	Greece & Rome	5th century BC-69 CE	100 CE	Greek	[69]
Tacitus' Annals	Rome	14 CE-66	c. 110 CE	Latin	[70]
Tacitus' Histories	Rome	69 CE-70	c. 110 CE	Latin	[71]
Florus' Epitome	Rome	8th century BC-25 BC	c. 110 CE	Latin	[72]
Suetonius' Twelve Caesars	Rome	50 BC-96 CE	121 CE	Latin	[73]
Appian's Roman history	Rome	218 BC-48 BC	c. 160 CE	Latin	[74]
Cassius Dio's Roman History	Rome	Prehistory-229 CE	c. 230 CE	Greek	[75]
Herodian	Rome	180 CE-238	c. 250 CE	Latin	[76]
Eusebius' Church History	Rome	1 CE-325	c. 325 CE	Greek	[77]
Ammianus's Roman History	Rome	353 CE-378	391 CE	Latin	[78]
Augustan History	Rome	117 CE-284	c. 400 CE	Latin	[79]
Claudian On the Consulships	Western Rome	396 CE-401, 404	5th century CE	Latin	[80] [81] [82] [83][84]
Claudian The War on Gildo	Roman Africa	401 CE-403	5th century CE	Latin	[85]
Claudian The Gothic War	Western Rome	401 CE-403	5th century CE	Latin	[86]
Socrates' Historia Ecclesiastica	Eastern Rome	305 CE-439	c. 440 CE	Greek	[87]
Sozomen's Historia Ecclesiastica	Eastern Rome	312 CE-425	c. 450 CE	Greek	[88]
Prosper's Epitoma Chronicon	Western Rome	379 CE-455	455 CE	Latin
Hydatius	Hispania	379 CE-468	468 CE	Latin
Procopius' Wars of Justinian	Eastern Rome	408 CE-553	c. 550 CE	Greek	[89]

Africa

Ancient Egypt

History	Location	Time Span	Date Written	Language	Link
Palermo Stone	Ancient Egypt	Prehistory-25th century BC	c.2400	Ancient Egyptian
Semna Stela	Ancient Egypt	1862 BC	1862 BC	Ancient Egyptian	[90]
Poem on Qadesh	Qadesh	1274 BC	1274 BC	Ancient Egyptian	[91]
Turin King List	Ancient Egypt	Prehistory-16th century BC	Probably 13th century BC	Ancient Egyptian	[92]
Saqqara Tablet	Ancient Egypt	31st-13th century BC	13th Century BC	Ancient Egyptian
Judicial Papyrus of Turin	Egypt	1159 BC	1159 BC	Ancient Egyptian	[93]
Wedjahor-Resne	Egypt & Persia	526 BC	515 BC	Ancient Egyptian	[94]
Aegyptiaca	Ancient Egypt	Prehistory-4th century BC	3rd century BC	Ancient Greek
De Bello Alexandrino	Egypt	48 BC-46 BC	c. 45 BC	Latin	[95]

Carthage

History	Location	Time Span	Date Written	Language	Link
Hanno	West Africa	6th century CE	6th century CE	Punic	[96]
Polybius' Histories	Ancient Mediterranean	264 BC-146 BC	c. 130 BC	Greek	[97]
Sallust's Jugurthine War	Roman Africa	112 BC	c. 40 BC	Latin	[98]
Livy's Ab Urbe Condita	Rome	500 BC-300 BC, 218 BC-168 BC	9 BC	Latin	[99]
Appian's Roman history	Rome	218 BC-48 BC	c. 160 CE	Latin	[100]
Claudian The War on Gildo	Roman Africa	401 CE-403	5th century CE	Latin	[101]