A Brief History of

Great Britain
A timeline from 700 BC-1066 AD
From page 20-22 in Crossroads 8A

 BC= Before Christ

AD= Anno Domini latin for In the year of the Lord/ after Christ was
born

CELTIC

Celtic people settled in Britain around 700 BC-0 AD.

Celtic= ethnic group (folkegruppe), tribes= grupperinger/stamme
They were warriors, living for the glories of battle and plunder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWdDxOXMPJE
Iron to the British Isles
Ancestors of Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Ireland (Ancestors=forfedre)

Women as leaders One famous: Boadicea: fought the Romans

http://www.slideshare.net/tarzanol
/a-short-history-of-great-britain
www.bbc.co.uk
wikipedia

Romans

Britain in 55 BC occupied in AD 43.

Not Scotland Hadrian`s wall
Romans stayed until AD 409 Roman empire was under threat.

Angles and Saxons invaded Britain, AD 400-1066 Celts pushed westwards.

Angles and Saxon= Anglo-Saxons= germanic tribes from Europe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzxiz3Kw9eI f.o.m 0.30->2.50
Christianity

www.fashion-era.com
www.romanobritain.org

Vikings

People from Denmark, Sweden and Norway

Great seafarers who attacked cities and towns - raid
Arrived English coast in 793
Ruled parts of Britain for nearly 300 years.
Norwegian/Danish kings ruled England from 1013-1066
Battle of Stamford Bridge - Harald Hrdrde
The Battle of Stamford Bridge was one of the most impressive victories any Saxon
King ever won.

mediagallery.usatoday.com

www.hurstwic.org

Normans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4iMQcz1YDQ
The last group of people to invade Britain was the Normans
Came in 1066

The Norman Conquest: language issues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B8TwBrCIEY

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