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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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