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FROM PRE-CELTIC TO ROMAN BRITAIN - Coggle Diagram
FROM PRE-CELTIC TO ROMAN BRITAIN
PRE-CELTIC BRITAIN
SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO THE LAND NOW CALLED BRITAIN WAS ALREADY INHABITED
THE POPOLATION BEGAN TO:
GROW CEREALS (WHEAT, BARLEY OR OATS)
BREED CATTLE, PIGS AND SHEEP
BURN AND CUT DOWN THE FOREST
FROM ABOUT 3000 BC THEY BUILT RITUAL SITES
SPACES USE BOTH FOR CEREMONIES AND FOR DEFENCE
THE MOST FAMOUS IS
STONEHENGE
DURING THE BRONZE AGE THE ISLANDERS STARTED TO
METALWORKING
MANUFACTURING LEATHER
PRODUCING POTTERY AND SALT
MANUFACTURING CLOTH
THE CELTS
AROUND 700 BC THE CELTS BEGAN TO ARRIVE FROM NORTHWEST GERMANY
THEY GRADUALLY SETTLED IN THE COUNTRY
THEY WERE:
FISHERMEN
HUNTERS
FARMER
THEY INTRODUCED THE IRON PLOUGH
METAL WORKERS
WOMEN WERE ALMOST EQUAL TO MEN:
THEY COULD CHOOSE THE MEN THEY WANTED TO MERRY
THEY COULD RETAINED THEIR OWN PROPETRY
THE DRUIDS WERE THE CELTS' PRIESTS
THEY WERE IMPORTANT FOR
JUSTICE
EDUCATION
RELIGION
MEDICINE
THE CELTS WORSHIPPED THE NATURAL ELEMENTS
THEY CONSIDERED THE WATER AN HOLY ELEMENT
IT GENERATED LIFE
WAS EVENTUALLY THEIR MEANS OFENTERING THE WORD BEYOND DEATH
THEY BELIEVED IN IMMORTALITY AND IN THE TRANSMIGRATION OF THE SOUL FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER
THE ROMANS
JULIUS CAESAR LED A ROMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN IN 55-54 BC BUT CONQUERED THE COUNTRY IN 43-47 AD UNDER EMPEROR CLAUDIUS
FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN GENERATION BRITAIN WAS PART OF ROMAN EMPIRE
THE ROMAN WERE ATTRACTED BY
THE AVAILABILITY OF SLAVES
BRITAIN'S STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE AS AN OFFSHORE BASE
THE RICH AGRICULTURE
THE ROMANS DIDN'T CONTROL THW WHOLE ISLAND
EMPEROR HADRIAN ORDERED A WALL TO BE BUILT TO MARK THE BORDER
THIS WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST ENGINEERING PROJECTS OF THE ANCIENT WORD
THE ROMAN BUILT OVER 9,600 KILOMETRES OF PAVED ROADS IN BRITAIN
THE ROMANS ALSP BROUGHT THEIR CULTURE, THE LATIN LANGUAGE AND CHRISTIANITY TO BRITAIN
ROMAN CONTROL OF BRITAIN CAME TO AN END IN 409 AD