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During this era, Britain had devloped a language that was simliar to the ones most spoken. English today does not sound like old english.
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Became the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
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Weak emperors and power hungry generals lead the western roman empire towards it's end. Some recovery was made gradually during these decades but the empire took a heavy blow when wealth and grain province in Africa was invaded by the Vandal barbarians.
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The Muslim conquests began with the unification of Arabia by the Prophet Muhammad.
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This is the time period in which people began using more french. Mostly nobility..Old english ended about this time.
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In Song Dynasty China an invasion by Jurchens causes a political divison of north and south. The Khmer Empire of Cambodia excelled greatly during this century, while the Fatimids of Egypt were overtaken by the Ayyubid dynasty.
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Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and sacked the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
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The medieval warm period was during the European middle ages but turned into the little ice age that lasted from 1350 to 1800.
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Johannes Gutenberg invents a machine that can move and print type.
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Wrote the canterbury tales.
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Christopher Columbus discovers north america while trying to find a shorter route to Asia.
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The pronucation of vowels began to change near the end of the early modern age. Vowels were being said shorter and shorter.
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The Europeans and the spanish make attempts to colonate North and South America.
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36 plays by Shakespear with reliable text for these plays and a few others.
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13 american colonies join together to break from away from the British Empire to form the United States of America.
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This battle took place during the French Revolution. A mob stormed the armery killing the guards and taking all the weapons they could to rebel against their king, Louis XVI.
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The 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United states of America abolishes slavery from it's country.
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Two trade centers in New york are hit by passenger planes and crumble. An act of terrorism...
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Discovery of an old english manuscripct, possibly the oldest so far. Author unknown, the story has 2 parts. The first part is the heroin killing a monster and his mother. The second is the old age and funeral of the heroin, Beowulf.
