Home›Epic and Heroic Narrative›Place of OriginBrowse ByPlace of OriginPlace of origin names where a genre was first written. Wikipedia records that "the first work to be labelled as Gothic was Horace Walpole's 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto," a single English novel that gave an entire genre its name. This dimension shows which places have given the world their own genres of writing.FactsPlace of OriginSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested750 BCE 1Place of OriginFilter Results31 entriesArea (sq km)All67,240 (1)70,273 (1)86,600 (1)103,125 (1)132,049 (1)239,021 (1)239,567 (1)302,069 (1)312,696 (1)330,803 (1)331,338 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)603,628 (1)632,702.3 (1)783,562 (1)996,603 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,904,569 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,870,000 (1)3,287,263 (1)4,000,000 (1)8,510,346 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)10,186,000 (1)17,075,400 (1)30,370,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Country CountAll44 (1)49 (1)54 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)5895 (1)8849 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1776 (1)1821 (1)1822 (1)1832 (1)1861 (1)1918 (1)1922 (2)1923 (1)1944 (1)1945 (2)1947 (1)1948 (1)1949 (1)1957 (2)1991 (3)PopulationAll394,324 (1)5,458,600 (1)9,267,000 (1)10,353,296 (1)21,756,000 (1)32,283,000 (1)34,374,300 (1)35,039,451 (1)37,314,000 (1)58,900,000 (1)69,081,996 (1)82,000,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)86,092,168 (1)92,417,681 (1)103,439,000 (1)109,139,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)134,000,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)213,421,037 (1)273,610,384 (1)288,315,089 (1)340,587,000 (1)380,000,000 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 31AfricaPlace of Origin1 entryAsiaPlace of Origin3 entriesAzerbaijanPlace of Origin1 entryBengalPlace of Origin1 entryBrazilPlace of Origin1 entryCentral AsiaPlace of Origin1 entryChinaPlace of Origin4 entriesEgyptPlace of Origin3 entriesEuropePlace of Origin1 entryFrancePlace of Origin2 entriesGermanyPlace of Origin2 entriesGhanaPlace of Origin1 entryGreat Lakes regionPlace of Origin1 entryGreecePlace of Origin3 entriesIcelandPlace of Origin2 entriesIndiaPlace of Origin8 entriesIndonesiaPlace of Origin1 entryIranPlace of Origin2 entriesIrelandPlace of Origin3 entriesItalyPlace of Origin2 entriesJapanPlace of Origin3 entriesMalay ArchipelagoPlace of Origin1 entryMalaysiaPlace of Origin1 entryMexicoPlace of Origin1 entryPolandPlace of Origin2 entriesRussiaPlace of Origin1 entrySri LankaPlace of Origin1 entryTurkeyPlace of Origin1 entryUkrainePlace of Origin1 entryUnited StatesPlace of Origin3 entriesVietnamPlace of Origin1 entrySources1. Homer (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaHomer, lead section, birth dating sentence (epic genre)Quote, Homer, lead section, birth dating sentence (epic genre)possibly born c. 8th century BCView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.