Anglo-Saxons
p. 2-17
Literary Events
a. c 1300 B.C.
b. c 700 B.C.
c. c A.D. 5
d. late 500s
e. c 670
f. c 700
g. c 850
h. 900
i. c 1000
____ 1. In Japan, Lady Muraski Shikibu writes the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji
____ 2. Books are printed in China
____ 3. Caedmon, the earliest English Christian poet, writes hymns
____ 4. Homer writes The Iliad
____ 5. Gilgamesh epic is written down
____ 6. Beowulf is first recorded
____ 7. The Poetic Edda, a famous cycle of Norse mythological poems, is composed
____ 8. Roman poet Ovid writes Metamorphoses
____ 9. The Arabian tales The Thousand and One Nights are begun
Political and Social Events
a. 300s B.C.
g. 537
b. 55 B.C.
h. 547
c. 51 B.C.
i. 552
d. c 313
j. 597
e. c 449
k. 711
f. c 516
l. 793
m. 800
n. c 810
o. 813
p. 871
q. 878
r. 1066
____10. Normans defeat Saxons; William the Conqueror becomes English king