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A Shakespearean comedy intertwining Athenian lovers, amateur actors, and fairies in an exploration of desire, imagination, and theatrical illusion.

A Chinese handscroll attributed to Zhang Zeduan depicting Northern Song urban life, and the subject of a long tradition of reinterpretation.

The Analects (Lunyu) records sayings and dialogues of Confucius and his disciples. Compiled over centuries, it became central to East Asian ethics, education, and politics.

Hajime Isayama’s manga about humanity’s struggle against Titans, its expanding world of conflict, and its international adaptations.

Anne Carson’s 1998 verse novel reimagines the Greek monster Geryon’s story as a modern narrative of desire, difference, and artistic self-discovery.

Bencao Gangmu is a Ming-dynasty Chinese materia medica by Li Shizhen, completed in 1578 and printed in 1596, long regarded as a cornerstone of traditional Chinese medicine.

A Sanskrit philosophical dialogue within the Mahabharata that explores duty, action, knowledge, devotion, and liberation.

The Bible is the collection of sacred texts recognized by Christianity and Judaism, written over about a thousand years in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, with its canon and translations still varying among traditions.

A Chinese action role-playing game that reimagines Journey to the West through the quest of the Destined One.

Carrie is Stephen King’s first published novel, a 1974 horror story about an abused teenager whose telekinetic powers turn a school humiliation into catastrophe.

The Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty addressing biodiversity conservation, sustainable use, and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources.

1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a poor student's murder and its psychological and moral aftermath; a landmark of psychological fiction and a source for many adaptations.

The Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) is a short, roughly 5,000-character Chinese classic traditionally attributed to Laozi. Its authorship and dating are still debated.

Dead to Rights is a 2025 Chinese historical drama about civilians sheltering in a photographic studio during the Nanjing Massacre and attempting to preserve evidence of atrocities.

Japanese manga series by Koyoharu Gotouge about demon-fighting siblings, adapted into a major animated film and television franchise.

European Union regulation establishing obligations for designated digital gatekeepers to promote fair and contestable digital markets.

The Divine Comedy is an early fourteenth-century narrative poem by Dante Alighieri that follows a journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.

Miguel de Cervantes’s two-part Spanish novel about a self-appointed knight and his squire, central to the development of modern fiction.

Dream of the Red Chamber is an 18th-century Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin, often ranked the peak of classical Chinese fiction and the subject of the field of Redology.

Dune: Part Three is Denis Villeneuve’s third Dune film, adapting Dune Messiah and following Paul Atreides’s reign as emperor.

John Steinbeck’s 1952 family saga intertwines California history with the Cain and Abel story to explore inheritance, rejection, and moral choice.

Ancient Mesopotamian epic exploring friendship, kingship, mortality, and the limits of human achievement.

A thirteen-book ancient mathematical treatise organizing geometry, proportion, and number theory through definitions, postulates, and deductive proofs.

The First Amendment bars federal laws that establish religion, restrict its free exercise, or abridge speech, press, assembly, or petition.

A collection of Confucian texts that became central to moral learning, classical scholarship, and imperial examinations in China.

American fantasy television drama adapting George R. R. Martin’s novels, broadcast by HBO from 2011 to 2019.

The European Union’s legal framework for protecting personal data and regulating its processing and movement.

International treaties establishing protections for wounded and shipwrecked military personnel, prisoners of war, and civilians during armed conflict.

The GENIUS Act is a 2025 United States law establishing a regulatory framework for payment stablecoin issuers, reserves, supervision, and consumer protection.

A 2013 open-world action-adventure game combining three protagonists’ criminal narratives with an expansive fictional Southern California setting.

Upcoming Rockstar Games open-world crime adventure set in Leonida, following protagonists Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos.

Guernica is a 1937 anti-war mural by Pablo Picasso, painted in response to the bombing of the Basque town of Gernika during the Spanish Civil War.

Shakespeare's tragedy (c. 1600) about a Danish prince who must avenge his father's murder; one of the most performed and studied plays in world literature.

A seven-book fantasy series by J. K. Rowling about a young wizard, and the film, stage, game, and television franchise built around it.

A foundational Chinese medical classic linking theories of the body, illness, and treatment with cosmology and the natural world.

The tenth revision of WHO’s international classification for coding diseases, related health problems, and causes of death.

ICD-11 is the World Health Organization’s eleventh revision of its international classification of diseases and related health problems.

Ancient Greek epic attributed to Homer, recounting Achilles’ anger and its consequences during the Trojan War.

A United Nations treaty establishing binding obligations for states parties to protect civil and political rights, with international monitoring and optional individual complaint procedures.

A 16th-century Chinese novel, traditionally attributed to Wu Cheng'en, that fictionalizes a Tang monk's pilgrimage to India and features the Monkey King.

William Shakespeare’s tragedy of a divided kingdom, broken family bonds, suffering, and the limits of human justice.

An international framework adopted in 2022 that establishes four goals for 2050 and 23 targets for 2030 to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.

Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel about poverty, justice, and redemption in nineteenth-century France, and the source of numerous adaptations.

A 2006 novel by Mo Yan that recounts half a century of change in rural China through the perspectives of reincarnated animals.

Gabriel García Márquez’s 1985 novel exploring love, marriage, aging, and desire across half a century in the Colombian Caribbean.

Shakespeare’s tragedy of a Scottish warrior whose pursuit of kingship leads to tyranny, guilt, and destruction.

A shared fictional universe and media franchise connecting Marvel Studios superhero films, television series, and related storytelling.

The Metre Convention is the 1875 treaty establishing permanent international cooperation on measurement standards and the institutions that oversee the International System of Units.

Marble statue by Michelangelo (1501–1504), a Florentine Renaissance icon now housed in the Galleria dell'Accademia.

Leonardo da Vinci's early 16th-century oil portrait in the Louvre, and the most famous painting in the world.

The national anthem of the Republic of China originated in a 1924 address by Sun Yat-sen and was adopted for national use in 1937.

A ceremonial song accompanying the Republic of China’s flag, whose melody also serves as the anthem of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee.

Ne Zha 2 is a 2025 Chinese animated fantasy sequel whose mythological adventure became an international box-office landmark.

The collection of Christian scriptures concerning Jesus Christ, the early church, and Christian belief and practice.

George Orwell’s 1949 dystopian novel about totalitarian power, surveillance, manipulated truth, and the destruction of individual independence.

Ancient Greek epic attributed to Homer, recounting Odysseus’s return from Troy and the recovery of his household and kingship.

A 1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez tracing seven generations of the Buendía family and the rise and destruction of Macondo.

A Japanese pirate-adventure manga by Eiichiro Oda that developed into a worldwide multimedia franchise.

Othello is William Shakespeare's tragedy (c. 1603–1604) about a Moorish general in Venetian service, destroyed by jealousy engineered by his ensign Iago.

A global climate treaty establishing shared goals and national commitments for mitigation, adaptation, and support.