The earliest times Flashcards
How long has England been habitated
About 800 000 years
When did Britain become an island?
5000 B.C
Small and dark people
Iberians
Iberians came from where and when to England
Southern Spain and Northern Africa.
3000 B.C
What was a monument for economic, political and religious power?
Henges
Biggest henge and where the stones came from?
Stone henge
Wales
They buried their people with pottery
Beaker people
The Beaker people built what part of a famous English landmark?
Second henge of Stone henge
Came from central Europe and southern Russia and when?
The Celts
700 B.C
The celts were….
Technically advanced, warrior people.
Celtic priests
Druids
Who plundered England in 55 B.C?
The Romans
When did Romans settle?
43 A.D
What did the Romans call London
Londinium
Who was Boudica?
Celtic woman who fought the Romans
What notable things did the Romans do? And what did they bring to England?
Built a fort north of Thames.
Created a road network.
Built Villas.
Latin and laws
When did the Romans leave?
409 A.D
What does England mean?
Land of Anglos (Anglo-Saxon)
When was the battle of Hastings?
And which King’s death triggered the battle?
1066 A.D
Edward the Confessor
What two people fought for the throne and where did they come from?
William from Normandy
Harold from Britain (Anglo-Saxon)
Who won the battle of Hastings?
William the conqueror
