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Bronze age began (2400 bc) - Coggle Diagram
Bronze age
began
(2400 bc)
britain was invaded by iberian
No written records --> ramin prehistoric monuments
Stonehenge
giant calendar
open-air temple
made giant stone in cyrcle
Celts and Iron age (600 bc - 50 ad)
celt people --> coming (central europe) -->infiltrated britain
carateristic:
use iron
weapons
clear forests
were
Organized into tribes (Britons
(people before roman invasion))
Believed in immortality of the soul
Druids
spoke: gaelic language
skilled artists, farmers
The romas age(43 ad - 410 ad)
first contact: julius ceasar (just expolred b.)in 55 b.c
roman conquest start: 43 a.d --> under claudius emperor
invaded:
england
stayed 400 years --> called britannia province
wales
2 type of celt reaction
some celt romanised
some celt eascaped (noth-west)
romas:
never conquisted scotland
built hdrian's wall -> to defend borders between england/scotland
brought civilization(law-administration system), language and christianity
built towns(london), roads
The geraminc ivasion age(410-1066 ad)
romas left territory 400a.d
coutry was invaded by germanic tribles
Angles
called: anglo-saxon
caratteristic
farmers - fisherman
organizzed in clan
originaly pagan --> converted to cristianity
introduced new anglosaxon culture and customs
founded modern english
invaded england around south-east(450)
in west england they had to fight whit celtic britons under the command of king arthur (famous legend)
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600 ad (england) divided (7) anglo-saxon kingdomas
wessex was most powerful thanks to alfred the great
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Jutes
prehistoric time