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THE BIRTH OF BRITISH IDENTITY - Coggle Diagram
THE BIRTH OF BRITISH IDENTITY
100000 years ago there were the Pioneer Men
Nomads lived in the "Doggerland" (late ICE AGE when the weather conditions became better)
Approximately 8000 years ago THE BRITISH ISLE AND THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT MOVED APART
Big flood which inundated the area
A lot of inhabitants swept away
Ancient Britons remained and became hunters and fishers
Creation of the Europe that we know today
4500 B.C. other immigrants settled in Southern England
They were farmers and they built special monuments
STONEHENGE for religious ceremonies
2000 B.C. the Celts arrived from Central Europe
They created a Celtic- British culture
Romans arrived in Britain in 55 B.C.to conquer the territories (Julius Ceaser)
The second Roman invasion was in 43 A.D. under the emperor Claudius
Network of roads, baths and gigantic walls to defend the territories (Hadrian's Wall)
The Britons adopted Roman laws and ways
Romans remained in Britain until the beginning of the fifth century
The Roman troops had to defend Italy from the Barbarian invasions
Germanic tribes colonized Britain, forcing the Romanised Britons and the Celts to go to the fringes of the Country
Angles, Saxons and Jutes from Northern Germany
In this period began the conversion of the Anglo Saxon people to Christianity thanks to a monk called St. Augustine
Churches, monasteries and cathedral were built and churchmen started to spread written culture
Vikings arrived in Britain between 8th and 10th century
They began to occupy different territories (DANELAW are the lands controlled by the Danish Vikings)
In the 9th century there was a long-lasting battle between a Viking army and the King of Wessex, Alfred
Alfred won by defeating the Viking king Guthrum
and became Alfred the Great
He is famous for his military successes, for his social and educational reforms and above all for his idea of a united English nation
They were RAIDERS
Alfred's son Edward died in 1066 and the throne was claimed by two people: Harold of Wessex and the Duke of Normandy
The Duke won at the battle of Hastings and he was proclaimed King William I
Norman armies conquered other territories, building churches, cathedrals and castles to defend boundaries from external attacks