The Napoleonic Code helped to bring... order, prosperity, and liberty to many French citizens

better relations between France and Britain

lasting peace on the European continent

the nobility back into power in France

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.