Strictly speaking, "Homer's Epic" cannot be regarded as a history book, although it has certain historical value.
The first history book in the West should be Herodotus' "History", which describes the Greco-Persian War in the 5th century BC.
"Shangshu" is indeed China's earliest historical classic, but the time when it was written is still controversial. And strictly speaking, the style of "Shangshu" is a compilation of various historical documents. Whether it can be called a history book needs to be considered.
Because if this standard can be established, then ancient Egypt has left a large number of papyrus documents, as well as clay tablet documents from the ancient Mesopotamia. Compared with the "Shangshu", that era is not a matter of tens or hundreds of years earlier. ……