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AN EARLY HISTORY OF INVASIONS - Coggle Diagram
AN EARLY HISTORY OF INVASIONS
3000 b.c. Iberians came from Mediterranean area
grow crops and keep cattle
built circular monument like Stonehenge in 2000 b.c. in Salisbury plan for religious or astronomical purposes
55 - 54 b.c. Julius Caesar made 2 expeditions but was unable to concquire the Empire
43 a.c. Emperor Claudius conquest Britain
6 - 4 century b.c. Celts (pastoral-warlike) from central Europe. Divided in Gaels and Britons --> took the place of iberians
Emperor Hadrian erected a wall to stop raids of Scots and Picts and to mark the northern limit of the Empire.
Romans never conquered Scotland but the rest of island remained a roman province until 410 a.c.
London was a roman camp
roman brought high level of civilisation
5 - 6 centuries Germanic tribes (Jutes - Saxons - Angles) came from Germany and Jutland Peninsula
Old celtic were defeated, subdued and some fled to Wales and Scotland.
597 a.c. St.Augustine began to convert Anglo-Saxons to christianity
9 century new raiders from Denmark, Norway and Sweden (Vikings-Danes) began to attack coasts . They were defeated and driven back by King Alfred the Great.
1066 Duke William of Normandy defeated Harold II (last anglo-saxons king) at the battle of Hastings.
Harold died
William was crowned in London on xmas day
introduced feudalism into england
Norman conquest was the last invasion and a fundamental turning point in British history
Normans had french habit and customs so England came under the influence of France.
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