1. The Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages

2. 449: Roman and Persian myths mingle with Celtic and Germanic myths – Western Literature
449: Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invade Britain
476: Roman Empire falls to Germanic tribes
597: St. Augustine converts Anglo-Saxon King Ethelbert, establishes the monastery at Canterbury
Timeline

3. 700: Beowulf is composed in Old English
793: Vikings invade Britain
810: Algebra is devised in Persia
975: The Exeter Book, a collection of English poetry, is first copied
1000: Lady Murasaki Shikibu of Japan writes the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji
1066: Normans invade England and defeat the Saxons – William the Conqueror becomes king

4. 1150: Paper is mass-produced in Spain
1171: Henry II invades Ireland, beginning eight hundred years of British domination
1211: Ghenghis Khan invades China

5. 1215: English barons force King John to sign the Magna Carta
"No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned, disseised, outlawed, banished, or in any way destroyed, nor will We proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land."
"To no one will We sell, to no one will We deny or delay, right or justice."
1215: English barons force King John to sign the Magna Carta

6. 1325: Aztecs begin to establish empire in Mexico
1348: Black Death strikes England
1378: Legendary hero Robin Hood appears in Piers Plowman
1380: Entire Bible is translated in English for the first time

7. 1381: Peasants’ Revolt takes place in England
1387: Chaucer begins The Canterbury Tales
1438: Incan Empire is established in Peru

8. 1455 – 1485: War of the Roses is fought between the Houses of York and Lancaster
1455: Gutenberg prints first book with movable type
1475: William Caxton prints first book in England
1485: First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned