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Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1000
Old English
Ex. ðu ðe eart on heofenum -
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Justinians Rule
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Jan 1, 661
Islam divides into Sunni and Shiite
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Jan 1, 1000
Suspected date of Beowulf writings
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Jan 1, 1000
The discovery of North America
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Period: Jan 2, 1000 to Dec 31, 1549
Middle English
ex. The droghte of March hath perced to the roote -
Jan 1, 1030
Ibn Sin writes a medical textbook
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Jan 1, 1054
Split of Catholic and Orthodox Church
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Sep 28, 1066
The Norman Invasion
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Jan 1, 1215
Marco Polo reaches China
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Jan 1, 1378
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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Jan 1, 1439
The invention of the Printing Press
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Period: Jan 1, 1550 to
Modern English
Early Modern ex. Whether 'tis Nobler in the minde to suffer
The Slings and Arrowes of outragious Fortune Late Modern English ex. Hello? Is it me you're looking for? -
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
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The American Revolution
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First NFL game
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Ghandi is killed
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Invention of Apple
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Tang Dynasty
