Culture Class History【英美文化概况3】.ppt

Culture Class British History Part 1 Class 11 British History Eras BC – Prehistoric Britain 43 – Roman Britain 450 – Anglo Saxon Britain 793 – Viking Britain 1066 – Medieval Britain 1485 – Early Modern Britain 1707 – The United Kingdom 1922 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Prehistoric Britain “From earliest known history until the Norman conquest in 1066 A.D. the British Isles were invaded by migratory tribes and pirates landing along the flat southern and eastern coastlines. Successive tides of warlike colonists, seamen, farmers and merchants, including the Iberians, Celts, Saxons, Danes, Phoenicians, Romans and Normans swept across the English Channel and North Sea to inhabit the British shores.” Prehistoric Britain 500,000 BC – Early human ancestors migrated to Britain from Europe 6500 BC – Seas rose, cutting Britain off from mainland Europe 4000 BC “New Stone Age” began – “farming people” arrived from Europe. First evidence of farming on the British Isles, and sheep, cattle and pigs are raised People lived in rectangular log cabins Prehistoric Britain 3000 BC – First stone circles erected 2500 BC – Iberians were first “known” inhabitants 2300 BC – “Bronze Age” begun 2000 BC – Stonehenge was built 1650 BC – Trade routes began to form 1200 BC – Small Villages first formed 750 BC – “Iron Age” began (Earliest iron in China from 14th Century BC) 750 BC – Britain’s population: about 150,000 500 BC – The Celtic people arrived Prehistoric Britain Stone Circle – Cumbria, Britain Prehistoric Britain Stonehenge Prehistoric Britain Iberian Knight Iberian Tomb Prehistoric Britain Celtic Expansion Prehistoric Britain “By 150 BC, the Celtic people in Britain were using gold coins, and by 100 BC they were organized enough to send men and ships to Northern Gaul (France) to aid their Celtic brothers from the Romans” “This event was one of the reasons that led Julius Caesar to invade Britain.” Roman Britain Britain was part of the Roman Emp