Historical ChartWar & Politics Economics & Population Language & Literature Science & TechnologyEarly Middle Ages(400-1066)End of Roman ruleGermanic invasionsViking invasionsKing AlfredOld EnglishBeowulfStirrupImproved harnessSpread of water millLater Middle Ages(1066-1485)Norman Conquest (1066)Henry II (1154-89)Hundred years WarCommercial RevolutionBlack Death (1348)Middle EnglishChaucer, Canterbury TalesGothic cathedralMechanical clockPrinting pressEarly Modern(1485-1776)Queen ElizabethColonization of AmericaEnglish Civil War (1642-51)Glorious Revolution (1688)Shakespeare NewtonSteam engineModern(1776-American Revolution (1776)American Civil War (1861-65)World War II (1939-45)Civil Rights Movement (1954-68)Industrial RevolutionGreat Depression (1929-39)Jane Austin EinsteinDarwinElectricity & electronicsTrains, planes & carsGenetic engineering Professor Klerman. Caltech Law 135 Winter