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Period: 400 to 1100
Old English
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480
Death of Julius Nepos last Roman Emperor
to be the start of the middle ages. -
581
Sui Dynasty
China unified once again for the first time in 400 years. -
720
Suspected date of Beowulf's writing.
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1021
The tale of Genji
The world's first novel. -
1066
The Norman Invasion
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Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
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1147
The secound Crusade
This was the first crusade to be led by European kings. -
1206
Genghis Khan was elected as Khagan Mongol empire is established.
Conquer much of Eurasia, changing former political border. -
1387
Chaucer's Canterbury tales
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1436
The Invention of the printing press
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1453
The hundred year was ends
Englands once vast territory in France is now reduced to only Calais, which they eventually lose control of as well. -
1492
The discovery of the Americas
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Period: 1500 to
Modern English
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1503
Leonard Da Vinci begin painting the Mona Lisa
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Publication of Shakespeare's first Folio
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The first opera house opens in Teatro San Cassiano, opens in Venice.
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Boston Massacre
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The American Revolution
