1.The British history before 55 BC is basically undocumented.2.The Celts became the dominant group in Britain between the 8th and 5th centuries BC.3.The name of Britain came from a Celtic tribe- the Britons.4.The chief of King of the Anglo-Saxon tribes exercised power at their own will....
Henry Ⅱ was the king of England and Normandy, and at his time, almost 2/3 Frances were under his rule. Henry Ⅱ made great contribution to the laws at that time, because he introduced the jury system to British law, and he was called the founding father of the British common law. ...
"History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today" [Henry Ford] "History is past politics, and politics is present history" [E.A. FreemanMethods ...
BeforetheMiddleAges •TheStoneAgehuntersandgatherersof10,000yearsago•TheNeolithicAge（新石器时代）–Stonehenge(2000B.C.to1500B.C.)•Celticpeoples(700B.C.)•Historyofinvasions1.TheRomans(1st-5thcentury)2.TheAngles,SaxonsandJutes(5th-8thcentury)3.TheVikingraidersfromScandinavia(9–11thcentury)...
History-of-UK-英国历史精华课件.ppt,History of UK The Early Settlers (the prehistoric period) 1. The first known settler of Britain: the Iberians (伊比利亚人) from Mediterranean areas. They inhabited Great Britain during the Stone (--4000BC) and Bronze Ag
TheUnitedKingdomof GreatBritainand NorthernIreland History TheUnitedKingdomof GreatBritainand NorthernIreland Thinkaboutthesequestions beforewestart: WhatistheoriginofBritishnation? HowmuchdoyouknowaboutBritain inWorldWarⅠandWorldWarⅡ? Theshapingandtransitionofthe nation Thedevelopmentofthe Britain Originofthe...
The republic was populated in the 7th and 8th centuries A.D. It was discovered in 1482 by Portuguese navigator Diego Cao and later explored by English journalist Henry Morton Stanley. DRC was officially colonized in 1885 as a personal possession of Belgian King Leopold II as the Congo Free ...
英语国家概况 chapter2 History.ppt,Chapter 2 History The Founding of the Nation (5000BC.-1066) Ⅰ. Early Settlers(5000BC-55BC) ①Iberians(伊比利来人): first known settlers ②Beaker Folk(宽口陶器人)(2000BC.) ③ Celts (700BC.) Roman Britain Roman Britain(5
•TheAnglo-Saxonsweredividedintosevenprincipalkingdoms(Heptarchy)betweenthemid-5thCenturyandtheearly7thCentury •Inthe8th,9thand10thcenturies,therecameanewwaveofinvasionandcolonizationbytheVikingsandDanesfromNorthEurope.•KingArthurandhisKnights(legendaryheroes)ArchbishopofCanterbury •PopeGregoryIsentSaint...
• King Arthur (亚瑟王) was the ruler of England in the 6th century. According to legendary stories, Arthur was the bastard of the king of England. After the king died, Arthur was brought up secretly by an ordinary man. When he grew up, he got from the stone successfull...