He made the decisive breakthrough in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs in 1822, aided by the Rosetta Stone.

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29This empire ruled much of the Mediterranean before its western half fell in the fifth century.RECALL
The Roman Empire.
Its eastern continuation, often called the Byzantine Empire, lasted for many more centuries.
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30Historical inscriptions · explain their value as evidenceRECALL
They preserve words from the people and institutions that made them.
Historians compare inscriptions with objects, documents, and later accounts rather than treating one source as the whole story.
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31Year the Magna Carta was sealedRECALL
1215
King John sealed it at Runnymede
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