MEDIEVAL AND ARABIC LITERATURE By nahiacalvo Period: 400 to 1500 Modern languages start to spread 476 Fall of the Western Roman Empire Period: 610 to 632 The Quran is written Period: 650 to 700 Arabic spreads all over the Islamic Empire 711 Arabs invade Spain 850 The Arabian Nights is written 1136 King Arthur Period: 1200 to 1299 Universities open all around Europe Period: 1300 to 1399 Boccaccio's the Decameron Period: 1308 to 1320 Dante's Divine Comedy Period: 1387 to 1400 Chaucer's the Canterbury Tales Period: 1450 to 1500 European literature takes off when books start to be less expensive thanks to manufacturers and the printing press.
