HISTORY OF ENGLISH CULTURE.pdf

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The earliest known

inhabitant of the region

was the Paleolithic Man

who roamed the

northwest corner of

Europe as the Ice Age

receded and lived what

would eventually be

Great Britain.

Very little is known about

these hunter-gatherers
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Neolithic Man appeared in

the area around 5000 B.C..

This race of people came

from the Mediterranean,

bringing with them a

rudimentary form of

agriculture and

domesticated animals. They

used pottery and refinedstone tools.
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HENGES: Circles ofwood or stone that

served as gathering

points for the

inhabitants,presumably, for

religious ceremonies


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About 2500 B.C. an influx of migrants settled

in Britain. These newcomers have been called

the Beaker Peoplebecause of the shape of

the pottery vessels which are so often found

in their round barrow graves.

Their technology was more

advanced and they produced thefirst bronze tools, marking the

beginning of the Bronze Age


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Maiden Castle

Hill-forts were

constructed on hill top,

which were then

expanded until Romanperiod.


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Around the 7th century B.C. Celtsbegan to enter Britain from Europe.

They brought with them a version of

the Indo-European language that

evolver into the Celtic that is still

spoken in certain areas to this day.

They had mastered the

technology of iron-smelting,marking the arrival of the

Iron Age.


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In 55 B.C., Julius

Caesarwas conducting

his Gallic wars and

invaded Britannia for

the first time.

After a temporary

setback, and a

subsequent invasion in

A.D. 43 established aRoman province on the

island that lasted for

nearly 400 years.


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The Roman presence was

so dominant that the entire

population lost their Celtic

language and by the end

of the empire (around AD460) spoke only Latin. This

evolved into the Provencal

and French languages.


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The city they built at the

lowest point where the

River Thames could be

crossed on foot,

Londinium, grew into the

largest Roman city north

of the Alps. London

Bridge was first built by

the Romans.


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English towns names have often kept the Roman -castra ending:

Chester

Lancaster Winchester

Manchester The Latin word castra, with its

singular castrum, was used by

the ancient Romans to mean

buildings or plots of land

reserved for or constructed

for use as a military

defensive position.


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Roman influence

gradually spread,forcing the rebellious

Celts to take refuge in

highlands of the north

and west (Caledonia). It

was as difficult then as it

is today to flush

insurgents out of

mountain hideouts, so the

Romans contended

themselves with ruling the

bulk of the southeasternregion, building the

famous Hadrians Wall.


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