Literature

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  • Holy Bible
  • Islamic religion
    played a major role in the development of early Arabic literature
  • The Qur'an
    served as the biblical scripture of their country's religion
  • The Qur'an
    the finest piece of literary work written in their own language
  • The Book of the Prayer of the Hours
    First Arabic bookpublished in Fano,Italy in the year1514.
  • Fano, Italy
    The Book of the Prayer of the Hours was first published in _
  • 1514
    when was the "The Book of the Prayer of the Hours" published?
  • Chinese Literature
    includes fiction, philosophical and religious works, poetry, and scientific writings.
  • Confucius
    also known at Kung Fu-Tzu
  • Confucius
    One of the Chinese literary writers who had the most significant contribution to Chinese literature
  • Confucius
    He was the founder of Chinese literature
  • Confucius
    he devoted most of his life as a philosopher and a teacher
  • Egyptian literature
    their literary works were greatly influenced by the religious beliefs of early Egyptians
  • Ra
    Sun God, their Greatest god
  • Osiris
    God of the Nile and of the underworld
  • Isis
    Goddess of love, healing, fertility, magic, and the moon
  • Pharaoh
    god of earth and the highest priest
  • Pyramid texts
    consists of hymns and spells for the benefit of the dead kings
  • religious
    the most dominant theme in the Egyptian literature
  • priests
    the only person who can write in the Egyptian literature
  • The Book of the Dead
    the most important early literature of Egypt
  • The Book of the Dead
    This book contains 166 chapters that reveals the adventure of man after death
  • India
    Known for their culture, literature, and social condition of its people
  • Panchatantra
    means "five books". it was composed in 200 B.C
  • Panchatantra
    the oldest known collection of Indian fable and the source of many of the Aesop and Fontaigne fables
  • Mahabatra
    The Great Tale of the Descendants of Bharata
  • Ramayana
    Life of Rama
  • Israeli Literature
    Known to be the Jewish republic of Asia
  • Hebrew literature

    one of the oldest and richest literatures of the world. It is profound due to its religious aspects and founded "Holy Bible" and the "Talmud"
  • Holy Bible
    Regarded as the noblest monument of the ancient literature
  • Holy Bible
    considered to be a forceful narrative because of its religious ideas and teachings
  • Holy Bible
    it is composed of two divisions, The Old Testament and The New Testament.
  • Japanese Literature
    This literature adopted its writing system in china which early literary writings were influenced by the Chinese culture and literature
  • Haiku
    has a syllabic unit pattern of 5-7-5
  • Tanka
    has five syllabic units consisting of 5-7-5-7-7 pattern
  • French Literature
    inherited their love and order of amenability to reason from the romans
  • French Literature
    their works reflects their culture like good things about life in order to showcase that French people are light-hearted, gaiety, and don not take life too seriously
  • Les Miserables
    talks about French revolution and became one of the most influential novels in the world
  • Victor Hugo
    Author of "Les Miserables"
  • Dante Alighieri
    Father of Italian Literature