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History of English
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Literature
10th Grade
01/07/2008

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the story of English begins with..

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Aryan tribes
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In india, aryan evolved into...
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Sanskrit
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In egland the resulting language was...
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Celtic
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Family of languages that came from their Aryan ancestors
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Indo-European
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Celtic language dominant when?
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600s untill Romans invaded
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when did the roman empire collapse?
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400s A.D.
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Latin remained the language of what church?

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Catholic
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When did the Anglo-Saxons invade England?
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400s
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Anglo-Saxons brought what language?

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Old English
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When did the British Middle Ages begin?

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1066
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French
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language of the court
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Middle English
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language of commoners
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Latin
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language of the church
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When did the Middle ages end?
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1500 with end of the Wars of Roses
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When did the English Renaissance begin?

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1500
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Old English
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400-1066
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Middle English
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1066-1500
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Modern English
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1500-present
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