Revision: pre-history Helen Kurvits
Prehistoric britain 6000 BC – the end of the Ice Age 3000 BC – the Iberians Lived long before anything about them was written Stonehenge – 3000 BC Prehistoric megalithic monument Connected with the sun and the passing of the seasons Two stone circles In the centre – the Altar Stone UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites
PREhistoric britain Bronze Age – 2100-1650 BC Gold – Wales The Celts – the technique of smelting iron 600 BC – the Gaels 300 BC – the Cymri or Britons Villages on hilltops Metal tools and weapons Ruled by Druids Women had a lot of power
Prehistoric britain Clans and tribes Great warriors, but could not put up a unified front History relied on oral transmission Biased reports Welsh, Cornish, Irish, Manx, Breton and Gaelic avon-river
Roman britain Roman society – slave society Powerful people Two raids across the Cannel – 55 and 54 BC Roman invasion – 43 AD AD 61 – revolt Network of towns, paved roads Hadrian’s Wall – 122 -caster, -chester Christianity
Anglo-saxon kingdoms 410 – The Roman legions left Britain Angles, Saxons and Jutes Saxon kingdoms Disliked towns -ham-home The Celts were driven away The Angles – the name The Saxons – the language with its mythology Self-sufficient villages 579 – the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity The Venerable Bede
The vikings AD 700-1100 Denmark, Norway, Sweden Raids started at the end of the 8th century -by – town (in Danish) Bold and skilful seamen 871 – Wessex King Alfred Danelaw The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge http://www.coreknowledge.org.uk/year2historyromanroads.php https://www.pinterest.com/diverlovesdogs/celts/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_Roman_rule_in_Britain British History