英国历史文化作业 六个问题.pdfVIP

Questions on Chapter One for reflection and presentation Review Chapter I and write a short essay on any of the following questions. 1. ‚British history has been a history of invasion‛, please illustrate this point with examples. How does each of the invasions influence the Britain Empire? e.g. invasion from the Roman Empire, settlement of the Anglo-Saxons For some unexplained reason, Iron Age man started to change his living habits. They stopped building burial mounds and stone circles, stopped using the ancient sites like Stonehenge. Instead the Iron Age peoples took to farming in permanent fields and to living in protected hill forts. The explanation might be that with the acquisition of the knowledge to make iron tools, then farming and tilling land became a viable proposition. Or perhaps iron weapons made man more aggressive and groups needed protection from marauding bands of armed thugs. Maiden Castle in Dorset as it is seen today, was typical of a large protected hill fort, with its various rampart s By around 150 BC there was a substantial trade between Britain and the continent. Involved were raw materials such as tin, silver or gold: finished goods like wine pottery and coins: and even slaves. Julius Caesar made a landing in Britain in 55 BC, but only succeeded in establishing a tempory bridgehead. After another abortive attempt the next year, he sailed away and the Romans left Britain alone for another century, until they landed in force in 43 AD By the eve of the Roman invasion, Britain was a series of small kingdoms, perhaps 20 of these large enough to have a regional influence, but with no one kingdom holding any real control over any large area of the country 410 to 1066 Anglo Saxon Britain Viking raids the Norman invasion The breakdown of Roman law and civilisation was fairly swift after the Roman army departed in 410 AD. To counter the raids from continental pirates, Vikings, Picts and Scots towns would bring in mercenari