History of the UK

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3000 BC - Stone Age
- The sea level was lower —-- the first inhabitants
- arrived from
Scara Brae is the mainland
a neolithic settlement in the Island of
Orkney (Scotland)

2800 BC - Stone
Henge
➢ Temple of sun worship
or astrological
observatory
900-450 bc - CELTS
- Came through france (Gaels or Gaelic / Britons or
British)
From the peninsula.
- Spreaded to Cornwall, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
- People were called: Picts, Britons and Scots

- Religious leaders:
Celtic runes / letters
Druids
CELTS - the Iron Age (800 BC–AD 100) or the late
Bronze Age (1000–700 BC)
The Uffington White Horse:
- prehistoric hill figure, 110 m (360 ft)
long
- formed from deep trenches filled with
crushed white chalk
- The horse is thought to represent a tribal
symbol
The Romans - 55-54 BC; AD 43
- 55bc - Romans came under the
rule of Julius Caesar- the failed
due to bad weather
- AD 43 - came back under
Claudius - conquered the British

Isles - Britannia
What did the Roman bring?
- The first to introduce street
stalls
- FAST FOOD

- Plumbing and Sanitation

- Architecture
- Roads
- Our Calendar
- Currency
Boudicca - Celtic Rebellious widower
- Widower of a Celic ruler
- Attacked roman settlement
- She won back Londinium
(today’s London)
- she committed suicide

As a new enemy (Anglo-

Saxons)on the scene, the
Angles, Saxons and Jutes - 6th century
- Invasion from Continental Europe started in the 5th
century
- King Arthur :legendary Celtic Briton to fight against
Them
- Angles, Saxons and Jutes established their society
Map of Angles, Saxons and Jutes
- Many KINGDOMS (still existing: Kent, Essex and
Sussex Alfred the Great was King of Wessex and King of
Christianity:
- The first christian monks started their mission in
Kent
- To convert the Anglo-Saxons (Augustine, the first
Archbishop - founder of the English church)
- Alfred the great - monasteries to strengthen
Christianity

Centre of Education
Vikings - 8-11 century
- Norse people from Scandinavia invaded The east of
britain
- Real danger on sea and on land - raiding the land
- Tradesmen and plunderer (farmers)
- They settled down - farming
- Alfred the Great fought against the Vikings
North and East: Vikings
South and West: Anglo-saxons
Viking’s longboats
Norman Invasion - 1066
- King Harold II of England was defeated by the
Norman forces
- William the Conqueror: - New king (french)
- Changed the society,
- the language,
- the culture.
- Domesday
Ted-ed Book: taxes

Bayeuax Tapestry
10 facts about William the conqueror
 Part II

From Magna Carta to

The war of the roses
Slides
That’s for today
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