Amazon is created on in Washington, forever changing the way authors and consumers interact. Books that used to be out of print, are suddenly back in stock. Authors who couldn't sell to publishing companies can now self-publish. How we spread and find published information will never be the same.
While scholars are unsure as to the exact date and time when Shakespeare started writing, they can agree that by 1592 many of his plays were up on and on their feet.
The printing press is invented in 1440, forever changing the speed at which publishers can turn out manuscripts, dramatically increasing the availability and velocity of information. Ideas could freely transcend borders and formerly unknown authors could develop audiences across the world.
The Odyssey is, most likely, published for the first time around this time, cementing itself into human history as finally being transcribed onto paper.
