Journey to the West
One of China's Four Classic Novels; the Monkey King lives on in comics, films and games
- Author
- Wu Cheng'en (attributed)
- Century
- 16th century
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Made around the same time (±30 years)
- c. 1600 Hamlet — William Shakespeare · London
- 1605–1615 Don Quixote — Miguel de Cervantes · Madrid
- 1586–1588 The Burial of the Count of Orgaz — El Greco · Mannerism · Toledo
- 1598 The Peony Pavilion — Tang Xianzu · Linchuan
- 1599–1600 The Calling of Saint Matthew — Caravaggio · Baroque · Rome, San Luigi dei Francesi
- 1605–1765 Church of the Society of Jesus, Quito · Latin American Baroque · Quito
- 1607 L'Orfeo — Claudio Monteverdi · Baroque · Mantua
- 1609–1616 Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) — Sedefkâr Mehmed Agha · Classical Ottoman Architecture (Sinan) · Istanbul
What was happening in the world
- 1582 Gregorian calendar
- 1582 Yermak's conquest of Sibir
- 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada
- 1591 Battle of Tondibi and fall of Songhai
- 1592–1598 Imjin War
- 1598–1613 Time of Troubles