TEXT HISTORY
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WORLD HISTORY
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700 AD
Xylography, the engraving of wood, becomes widespread in China. |
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709 AD
Anglo-Saxon (Old English) Version of the Psalms, believed to have been written by Bishop (Saint) Aldhelm. |
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Aldhelm was an expert and scholar in Latin and Anglo-Saxon literature, so it is disputed as to whether he developed this small translation from the Latin Vulgate or from the original texts.
710-735 AD
The Gospel of John is translated into Old English by Saint Bede, but quickly becomes a “lost translation.” |
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Saint Bede had known very little Hebrew or Greek, but was very clear with his Latin. As such, this brief work is also debated as a building block from the Latin Vulgate rather than the original Greek.
717 AD
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Muslims besiege Constantinople for the second time.
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750 AD
Musical notation appears for the first time in Europe. |
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775 AD
793 AD
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The first raid by Vikings takes place off the coast of England.
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794 AD
The earliest known paper mills in western Asia are found near modern-day Baghdad under the direction of Arab authority. |
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