summary british history
Britain is an Island and its history has been closely connected to the sea. The seas saved Britain from danger. Strong national sense have been developed by the sea.Britain has not always been an island. The ice age wasn't one cold period. Our first evidence of human life is a few stone tools, dating from 250.000 BC.Britain was hardly habitable until another milder period around 50.000 BC. During this period, a new type of human seemed to have arrived. They look similar to normal people, but they were smaller and had a life span of only thirty years.Around 10.000 BC Britain was peopled by groups of hunters, gatherers and fishers.Around 5.000 BC, Britain has become an island.· The first people to invade were people from either spain or north-africa. They were small and dark and knew how to make pottery.· After 2400 BC new groups of people arrived in Britain, they were round-headed and strongly built. They became leaders of British society.· Around 700 BC They Celts arrived in Britain, They came from central Europe and they were technically advanced. They could make weapons from Iron. These are the ance
In the thirteenth century friars were brought up. Most obvious characteristic were the towns, They were the bases of Roman civilisation. Richard had no son, so his brother John followed him. The war did not end until 1453 and England lost all French property except for Calais. Most priests were married and gave their position to their sons when they died. Edward III declared the war in 1337, claiming the right to the French Throne. ScotlandScotland was populated by different groups;· The Picts; The main group/ lived in the north and northeast/ spoke Celtic· The non-Pictish/ mainly Scots who moved to the highlands from Ireland in the Fourth century. This king was to powerful and most English kings did not try to defeat him, but Edward I was different. · The Aldermen were the local officials, but they changed to warlords. It was the part they had settled in Britain. William gave the land to his Norman nobles. Edward was willing to help if they would accept him as their overlord. He was seen as the heir of France, but he died earlier than the king. The Romans came to Britain because they could use the British food for their army with the Gauls.
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