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400
Old English Words
Bedward- heading for bed
Elflock- tangles in hair
Rawgabbit- gossiper -
Period: 400 to
History of the English Language
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Period: 450 to 1100
Old Era
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476
Fall of Roman Empire
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638
Jerusalem Falls to Islamic Forces
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871
Alfred the Great becomes King of England
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1000
Beowulf's Writing
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1066
Norman Invasion
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1100
Middle English Words
Hem- them
Mowe- may
Yaf- gave -
Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle Era
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1214
Genghis Khan Invades China
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1347
Bubonic Plague Hits
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1392
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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1440
Invention of Printing Press
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1492
Discovery of North American
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1494
The Treaty of Tordesillas
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1500
Early Modern English
Scuffle
Addiction
Swagger -
Period: 1500 to
New Era
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
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American Revolution
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Washington D.C. becomes the New U.S. Capital
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Late Modern English
Oxygen
Vaccine
Nuclear -
Panama Canal Built
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Terrorists Attacks on Twin Towers
