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    The History of Britain in 50 Events
    The History of Britain in 50 Events
    The History of Britain in 50 Events
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    The History of Britain in 50 Events

    By Stephan Weaver

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    This book provides an easy to understand overview of British History in 50 Events.

    Inside you will learn about…
    - The Foundation of London
    - The Great Viking Invasion
    - The Battle of Hastings
    - The Black Death
    - The Battle of Waterloo
    - The Last Public Hanging
    And much more!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStephan Weaver
    Release dateSep 25, 2017
    ISBN9781386041696
    The History of Britain in 50 Events

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      The History of Britain in 50 Events - Stephan Weaver

      Introduction

      History is boundless. Shaped by the various incidents that had transpired hundreds and thousands of years ago, our world is truly a fascinating entity. It is only natural for many of us to be engrossed in history and to remain eager to further our understanding of how and why our nations, neighboring and distant countries are the way they are today.

      This book particularly focuses on the History of Britain. It contains a compilation of 50 significant events that occurred in Britain’s history. It addresses the time from Prehistoric Britain to Modern Britain.

      In the course of this book, you will find notable events that have befallen in Britain, such as the Roman invasion, the Vikings invasion, the Great Fire of London, the English Civil War and much more.

      Prehistoric Britain

      The era referred to as prehistory in Britain is prior to Britain joining the Roman Empire in A.D.43. This era existed for millennia.

      Britain Becomes an Island — 6500 B.C.

      Following the conclusion of the Ice Age, around 10,500 B.C., temperatures soared. Rising sea levels catalyzed by the melting ice separated Britain from the European mainland around 6500 B.C., and Britain became an island.

      The dwellers in Britain then were Homo sapiens’ descendants. Their arrival in the north part of Europe is estimated to be around 30,000-40,000 years ago. They made their living through gathering and hunting.

      Neolithic (New Stone Age) — 4000-2400 B.C.

      Neolithic or New Stone Age is most commonly used in connection with agriculture, which is the period when cereal cultivation and animal domestication was introduced in Britain. The inhabitants of that era made began to cultivate crops. It is usually thought that Britain’s introduction to farming mainly emanated from massive immigration from the Channel. Studies of DNA, today, indicates that the exodus wasn’t probably that much. From the entire population, the newcomers accounted for 20%.

      So the preponderance of farmers was most likely the people of Mesolithic. They adapted new ways of living which they exported to Britain’s mainland. Rather than a sudden change, archeological records demonstrate that the adaptation of agriculture resulted from gradual changes.

      The dissemination of farming, throughout the British Isles, took about two millennia.

      The Middle Neolithic (c. 3300-2900 B.C.)

      The Middle Neolithic saw the establishment of splendid chamber tombs, the growth of cursus monuments, and the development of causewayed enclosure. There are also the first individual burials and stone circles.

      The end of the Neolithic

      Around the dusk of the Neolithic era, there was an introduction of Copper metallurgy, which signaled the transition period of the Bronze Age— sometimes called the Chalcolithic or Eneolithic Era. Bronze was widely employed at that time as the primary material for tools and weapons, making stone technology obsolete. This signaled the end of the era of Neolithic and thus the Stone Age.

      The Bronze Age — 2400 B.C.

      Britain, around 2400 B.C., saw fresh practices and beliefs which was called the Beaker ‘Package’. This came in Britain through cross-channel relations with Europe, bringing with it new people, technology, burial rites, objects and most importantly the talent of working with gold metal and copper.

      Copper was initially employed to produce items. Then, around 2200 B.C., bronze (which has greater hardness than copper, a lower melting point and better casting properties) was made by blending copper with tin. Gradually, bronze supplanted stone and became the primary material for producing tools. By 2200 B.C., Britain’s Early Bronze Age had begun. 

      The deceased of the Early Bronze Age in Britain were buried under earth mounds (called barrows), frequently along with a beaker beside their body. Cremation was later on acclimatized— making it a new funeral practice. Evidence discovered from about 1100 B.C. explaining the funeral practices of the departed is scanty, yet the usage of cremation continued. The Bronze Age’s inhabitants built several famous prehistoric sites including the Stonehenge in southern England as well as Seahenge.

      Britain’s early Bronze Age houses were round and contained a pointed top with a single entrance. The walls of these houses were made of woods and the roof was thatched with straws or reeds. These houses contained one room. Many houses of this era had a hearth at the center for light, cooking and heat purposes.

      The Bronze Age populace consumed cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, shellfish and birds.

      The Stonehenge — 2800 B.C.

      Stonehenge is undoubtedly the most crucial and celebrated Neolithic monument in

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