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

Battle of Badr - Mohammad takes Mecca back

624 AD

Mohammad dies

632 AD

the Koran is written down

c. 650 AD

the Koran is spread around the world

c. 700 AD

Old English Period

c. 600 - 1066 AD

Middle English Period

c. 1066 - 1450 AD

Modern English

1450 AD - current day

beginning of German culture

c. 1,000 BC

the Romans invaded Britain

43 AD

Tacitus "published" Germania

98 AD

the Romans withdrew from Britain

c. 400 AD

Britain asked the Angles and the Saxons for protection

c. 450 AD

England is evangelized

597 AD

King Alfred rule - fought off the vikings

877 - 899 AD

Battle of Hastings

October 14th, 1066

invention of the printing press

1450 AD