Native Americans inhabited Appalachia since 8,000 years ago. Hopewell culture thrived between 900 BCE and 1300 CE. Cherokee controlled southern Appalachia by mid-17th century. Iroquois and Algonquin tribes controlled northern Appalachia
First published in 1979 by HarperCollins in Glasgow. Uses Collins Corpus with over 20 billion words. Current edition (14th) contains 732,000 words and 9,500 place names. First British dictionary typeset from computer database
First human evidence found at Happisburgh, Norfolk coast, 900,000 years ago. Homo heidelbergensis fossils discovered at Boxgrove, Sussex, 500,000 years ago. Britain became island 425,000 years ago during Anglian Glaciation. Neanderthals inhabited Britain 400,000-225,000 years ago. Britain remained unoccupied 180,000-60,000 years ago
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Upper Paleolithic spans 50,000-12,000 years ago, marking beginning of Holocene. Modern humans emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago. Peopling of Australia occurred before 60 ka, Europe after 45 ka
Written in Old English between 8th and 10th centuries CE. Contains 3,182 lines and is the oldest known English epic poem. Author remains unknown, possibly performed orally or written down