British History
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- Language: Proto-Indo-European
- Period marked by stone circles,
megaliths, and Celtic tribes.
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- Language: Latin (influenced Old
English)
- Notable: Roman occupation and
Latin influence.
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- Language: Old English
- Notable: Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle, spread of Christianity.
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- Language: Middle English
- Notable: Norman Conquest,
Geoffrey Chaucer (Canterbury
Tales)
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- Language: Early Modern English
- Notable: Tudor and Stuart
dynasties, William Shakespeare
(plays and sonnets).
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- Language: Continued evolution of
Early Modern English
- Industrial Revolution,
Enlightenment thinkers, Adam
Smith, John Locke
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- Notable: World Wars,
decolonization, modernization,
J.R.R. Tolkien (literature), Winston
Churchill, Margaret Thatcher
- Language: Modern English
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- Language: Modern English
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- Notable: Cultural diversity,
technological innovation, political
changes
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- Notable: Queen Victoria's reign,
Charles Dickens (literature),
technological advancements.
- Language: Modern English
