SUMMARY 2

ANCIENT MYSTERIES

Stonghenge and stone Ring Avebury are a misterious group of standing stones. they were put in that position 5000 years ago.

THE CELTS

the Celts lived in Britain in the Iron Age from around 600 BCE. They came from Central Europe and we know about the Celts from the objects whch archaeologists have found from some Greek and roman writers, who tell us that the Celts loved gold and fighting. Their priest were called druids and had a great power in Celitc society. We also know about them from the "bog  bodies". Bogs are areas of wet land; if a body is buried in a bog, iti is kept in good condition, perhaps for centuries.

A WARRIOR QUEEN
In 55 BCE, Julius Caesar invaded Britain. The Celts were great warriors but the Romans had better organisation and defeated them. Roman army crossed the River Thames but Cesar left after the Britons agreed to give money to the Romans.
In CE 43, the Roman Emperior Claudius sent another army of about 50,000 men to Britain. This time the Romans stayed and Britain became part of the Roman Empire.

The Roman Occupation

Londinium now became the new Roman capital. The Romans also created mano other towns. The romans improved the services in the country, and built straight roads such as Watling Street, which runs from Dover in south-east of England to Wales. But they did not control Scotland. In CE 122, the Emperor Hadrian visited Britain and decided to build a wall across the north of England to defend Roman Britain against the Picts in Scotland (a group of Celtic groups who lived in Scotland).

The Kink Buried in a ship

In CE 410, the Romans left Britain. They went to defend Rome against the barbarians. Soon invaders arrived from north-west Europe. These were the Anglo-Saxons and the Jutes. In the 7the century a king was buried at Sutton Hoo. Then arrived a group of people called Vickings who were from Denmark and Norway. That was in CE 800.

The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings

The Anglo-Saxons had a big influence on England; in fact the name England comes from Angle-Land. They divided the country into five kingdoms (Northumbia, Mercia, Wessex, Kent and Anglia). Most of the basic English words also come from them (ex mother, woman, day, night, bed...) and also some of the days of the week.
In CE 597, a monk called Augustine came to England. He was sent by Pope and he slowly told people about the Christian religion.
From CE 800, vikings from Denmark and Norway began to attack Britain. The most famous Anglo Saxon king was Alfred the Great. He fought against the Vikings and he won. Then he allowed them to live in the area York.


The normans

In 1066 a duke from Normandy, on the north coast of France. The Normans built a lot of castles and cathedras.

The middle ages

In these ages the king and the church had great powers. There were a lots of wars between the rich people and the kings. In 1348, the Black Death came and about 5-6 million people was killed. In these years there were a lot of important wars like "the hundred years war".

The Tudor Period

Henry Tudor became the king Henry VII. His son had six wifes. He had two daughters. Elisabeth's reign ages was called "golden age". In this period there were a lot of important and well-knowned writters.