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A short history of UK Macmillan Cultural Readers ...

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  • what are 'tribes'
    big groups of people (plemiona)
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  • Who invaded England in AD 43? First invasion
    the Romans
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  • What did the Romans brigh with them to England?
    town and cities, good road, a new language (Latin), new laws, Chritianity
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  • Who build the wall between England and Scotland? What's its name?
    the Romans, Hadrian's Wall (2nd century) 120km long
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  • Who invaded England second? Wnen?
    The Anglo-Saxons )form Germany, the NEtherlands and Denmark), after AD 411
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  • Where did people go to clean and relax in Roman England?
    to bath houses
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  • What did the Anglo-Saxons build in England?
    villages near rivers or the sea, wooden houses
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  • What was the difference between the Roman and the Angdlo-Saxon invasions aand their impact on England?
    the Romans brought cities and technology and the law, the Anglo-Saxons brought the development of agriculture and social classes (nobles,peasants,slaves)
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  • Where was the 3rd invasion from? When did it happen?
    from Norway, Sweden and Denamrk; in 793
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  • Who invaded England in 8th century?
    the Vikings
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  • Who won a battle against the Vikings?
    Alfred the Great; Danelaw given the the Vikings, the rest of the country was safe
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  • Derby and Rugby are town names of what origin? Roman, Anglo-Saxon or Viking?
    Viking
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  • Scarborough and Peterborough are city names of what origin? Roman, Anglo-Saxon or Viking?
    Anglo -Saxon
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  • Manchester and Gloucester are city names of what origin? Roman, Anglo-Saxon or Viking?
    Roman
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  • 1066 what is it?
    the date of the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror and his French army defeated late kings heir
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