OriginoftheEnglishNation分析.pptVIP

Origin of the English Nation The Native celts Time: 700 BC From : eastern and central Europe , including present-day France , Belgium and southern Germany Language : Welsh and Gaelic Religion : Druidism Civilization : stonehenge Stonehenge A circular arrangement of monoliths built by the ancient Britons RRoman Britain oRoman Britainman Britain  Roman Britain (55BC--410AD) Motives for Roman invasion Roman Civilization  The Dairy Julius Caesar written in England marked the begining of the written history of England . The calendar: The solar calender we use today was started by julius Caesar. Hadrians Wall. Antonine Wall. Hadrians Wall Antonine Wall * Achivevment in architecture: built baths, temples, amphitheatres and beautiful villas, and fine buildings *Achievement in agricuiture: drained marshes, cleared away forests, built roads and taught the Britons to cultivate their land in a better way The new religion was brought by traders and soldiers, before the first Christian Emperor, Constantine, was proclamed in 306 AD. England became part of the Raman Empire, but the Raman influence upon the Britons was limited and short-lived. Slave class and no intermarry. The Anglo-Saxon Conquest(446-871) The Romans remained in England until 410 AD. Then they left 。 Soon afer the Romans left, a band of new invaders landed in the southern part of England, in what is now the county of Kent(Jutes). The Jutish king became the King of Kent in 449 AD.Soon after, their relative and other Germanic tribes came trooping after them. After the newcomers had taken possession of all the land now known as England, the movement, known in history as the Anglo-Saxon Conquest, was completed. The Anglo-Saxon mainly occupied the Lowland one and later spread their control over a wider area. The Anglo-Saxon brought their own Teutonic religion（日耳曼宗教） to England. Pope Gregory I sent St.Augustine to England to convert the English to Christianity in 597. St. Augu