ENG 211 Midterm Inverted Flashcards by Alyce Myers

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Agriculture in Mesopotamia

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c. 10,000 BC

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Sumerians conquered Mesopotamia

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c. 3,000s BC

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invention of writing (cuneiform)

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c. 3,500 BC

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massive flood - “world ending”

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c. 3,000 BC

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revolution of writing (phonological)

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c. 3,000 - 2,800 BC

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Gilgamesh ruled Uruk

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c. 2,700 BC

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stories about Gilgamesh appear orally

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c. 2,000 BC

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Sin-lequi-unninni made one big Gilgamesh story

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c. 1,300 BC

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Nineveh, Ashurbanipal loses the palace

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c. 600 BC

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Ashurbanipal is dug up with the Gilgamesh story

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c. 1840 AD

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cuneiform is translated

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1857 AD

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“Noah’s flood happened” and Gilgamesh proves this theory

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1872 AD

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Africans move to Egypt for the Nile River

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c. 5,000s BC

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Egypt becomes a nation-state

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c. 3,100 BC

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the Great Pyramids being built

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c. 2,800 BC

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the Persians invaded Egypt

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525 BC

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Alexander the Great invaded Egypt

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332 BC

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Pharaohs were Greek instead of Egyptian

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332 BC - 400 AD

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the French found the Rosetta Stone

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1799 AD

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the Rosetta Stone is interpreted (Champollion)

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c. 1820 AD

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Mohammad is born in Mecca

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c. 570 AD

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Mohammad married Khadija at 25

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c. 595 AD

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Gabriel recites the Koran to Mohammad orally

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c. 610 AD

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Mohammad and his followers flee Mecca - Medina

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July 16th, 622 AD

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Battle of Badr - Mohammad takes Mecca back

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624 AD

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Mohammad dies

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632 AD

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the Koran is written down

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c. 650 AD

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the Koran is spread around the world

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c. 700 AD

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Old English Period

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c. 600 - 1066 AD

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Middle English Period

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c. 1066 - 1450 AD

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Modern English

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1450 AD - current day

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beginning of German culture

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c. 1,000 BC

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the Romans invaded Britain

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43 AD

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Tacitus “published” Germania

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98 AD

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the Romans withdrew from Britain

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c. 400 AD

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Britain asked the Angles and the Saxons for protection

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c. 450 AD

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England is evangelized

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597 AD

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King Alfred rule - fought off the vikings

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877 - 899 AD

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Battle of Hastings

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October 14th, 1066

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invention of the printing press

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1450 AD