>start with the greeks
But what about the Mesopotamians?
Also can you folks recommend any literature from before 0AD, that isn't Greek or Roman?
>>8407394
>Mesopotamians
KANGZ
>>8407394
Chinese classics of course. Classic of Poetry, Daodejing, Zhuangzi, Hanfeizi, the list could quite literally go on.
>>8407394
Gilgamesh
I've been meaning to get Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is supposed to be a really good story, but it doesn't seem like any shops around here carries it
>>8407394
Sumerian
Akkadian
Assyrian
Hittite
Babylonian
Egyptian
Chinese
Tanakh/Old Testament
Hindu religious texts like the Vedas, Brahmanas, some of the Upanishads
>>8407517
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is from the 14th century
>>8407394
Well The Epic of Gilgamesh is very important for studying mythology.
There's also a shitton of Indian mythology and philosophy, not to mention Chinese.