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- 3. Periods in the history of English The history of English covers roughly 1200 years. Traditional divides
- 5. The Prehistory of English The ultimate origins of English lie in Indo-European , a family of
- 6. Celts •5th-6th centuries Germanic peoples speaking West Germanic dialects settle most of Britain. •Celts retreat to
- 7. Romans 43 AD The Romans invade Britain, beginning 400 AD years of control over much of
- 8. 500-1100: The Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period •West Germanic invaders from Jutland and southern Denmark: the
- 9. Vikings •The Vikings attack Wessex in 878, and the Saxon king, Alfred (of burning the cakes
- 10. The Norman Conquest and Middle English (1100-1500) William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy, invaded and
- 11. Early Modern English (1500-1800) The next wave of innovation in English came with the Renaissance. Words
- 12. Late-Modern English (1800-Present) The principal distinction between early- and late-modern English is vocabulary. The industrial and
- 13. Conclusion English is spreading from northern Europe to the south and is now firmly entrenched as
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