1. The Origins and Development of the English Language Chapter 5: The Old English Period John Algeo and Thomas Pyles Michael Cheng National Chengchi University

2. Human habitation of Britain

3. Pleistocene 70,000-10,000 One third of the land covered in ice

4. http://geography.howstuffworks.com/terms-and-associations/ice-age.htm/printable

5. 18,000 years ago

6. 12,000 years ago

7. Land bridge from UK to Europe

8. Recolonization 10,000 years ago

9. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ahob/Picture_Library/repopulation/index.html

10. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ahob/Picture_Library/repopulation/Full_Size/ Goughsskull.JPG

11. Roman Conquests 55 BCE Julius Caesar has conquered Gaul and now plans to invade Britain Celts populate Britain Possibly wanted to keep the British Celts from aiding the Celts in Gaul No success

12. Roman Conquests 54 BCE Julius Caesar tries again Storms, loses cavalry No success Too late in the year Caesar returns to Gaul

13. Roman Conquests 53 BCE Better preparation Establishes landing in southeast Successful campaigns Exacts tribute (not paid) Returns to Gaul

14. Roman Conquests 43 CE Emperor Claudius invades Britain Army of 40,000 prepared and sent to Britain 3 year campaign leads to control of central and southeastern Britainb

15. http://cominganarchy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/rombrit.gif

16. Roman Conquests Rome controls the southern part of Britain for over 300 years Roman culture brought to Britain

17. Roman baths http://www.travelsinireland.com/england/roman.htm http://www.workmall.com/wfb2001/united_kingdom/roman_statue_bath_england_photo.jpg http://www.travelsinireland.com/england/roman.htm

18. http://image18.webshots.com/18/4/89/70/362148970KFjXuQ_fs.jpg http://concierge.typepad.com/cntraveler__perrinpost/images/roman_baths_in_bath_england.jpg

19. http://www.old-picture.com/europe/Circular-Abbey-Roman-Baths.htm

20. http://www.itraveluk.co.uk/photos/data/654/medium/medusa-roman-mosaic.jpg

21. http://www.itraveluk.co.uk/photos/data/654/medium/roman-floor-mosaic.jpg http://www.itraveluk.co.uk/photos/data/654/medium/roman-floor-mosaic.jpg http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users12/angrylambie/default/detail-roman-bathhouse-floor- mosaic--large-msg-115980502527.jpg

22. Roman Amphitheatre http://press.rogueshakespeare.com/Roman%20Amphitheatre%20pan%202001.jpg

23. http://www.paracletesystems.co.uk/inj/inj050roman.htm Fosse Way Roman road Bristol to Lincoln 40-50 CE

24. Fort by Hadrian’s Wall http://hawketravelpics.blogspot.com/2007/10/england2.html

25. http://hawketravelpics.blogspot.com/2007/10/england2.html The wall took 8 years to build, and was built by soldiers from the occupying Roman legions under orders from Emperor Hadrian. It's 73.5 miles long (80 Roman miles) and when it was built, it was 16-20 feet high and 10 feet wide. There was a milecastle every Roman mile, and two guard towers in between each milecastle.

31. 410 CE – Alaric I King of the Visigoths sacks Rome

32. Rome pulls its legions out of Britain to protect Rome Picts and Scots raid Britain Vortigern appeals to Germanic tribes on the continent for help 449 the brothers Hengest and Horsa of the Jute tribe come to his aid and drive off the raiders

33. Britons seen as weak Other tribes invited over by the Jutes Angli Saxons Frisians Germanic tribes drive off the Celtic Britons and take over their land

34. Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy Northumbria Mercia East Anglia Essex Wessex Sussex Kent

35. England is prosperous Sutton Hoo

36. Viking Attacks 787 first Viking attack at Dorsetshire 793 Lindisfarne sacked 865 Viking army lands at East Anglia and takes over northern England Army moves on Wessex and chases away King Alfred

37. Longship

41. 871 Alfred defeats Vikings at Ashdown 878 Alfred defeats Vikings at Edington Treaty of Wedmore Guthrun accepts Christianity Vikings retreat to northern England The Danelaw is established

42. Danelaw http://people.eku.edu/bennetth/720/old_english/danelaw.gif http://www.chobham.info/images/com534a.jpg http://people.eku.edu/bennetth/720/old_english/danelaw.gif