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1009 – 1 August: Vikings burn Oxford. [8] 1015 – Early: Sigeferth and Morcar, chief thegns of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw, come to an assembly in Oxford where they are murdered by Eadric Streona. 1018 – Cnut the Great attends a Witenagemot at Oxford at which he is recognised as king of England. [9]
Alongside the rise of Communist Party activity among Oxford's working class, another factor in the rising tide of anti-fascist activity in the city was the arrival of German refugees fleeing the Nazis. Many of these refugees were academics with the most notable examples including the scientists Albert Einstein and Ernst Chain.
Aerial view of Oxford city centre. The history of Oxford in England dates back to its original settlement in the Saxon period. Originally of strategic significance due to its controlling location on the upper reaches of the River Thames at its junction with the River Cherwell. The town grew in national importance during the Norman period.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
The economic history of the world encompasses the development of human economic activity throughout time. It has been estimated that throughout prehistory, the world average GDP per capita was about $158 per annum (inflation adjusted for 2013), and did not rise much until the Industrial Revolution .
In 2012, the History channel showed the film History of the World in Two Hours. [1] [8] It showed how dinosaurs effectively dominated mammals for 160 million years until an asteroid impact wiped them out. [1] One report suggested the History channel had won a sponsorship from StanChart to develop a Big History program entitled Mankind. [62]
Modernisation refers to a model of a progressive transition from a "pre-modern" or "traditional" to a "modern" society. [1]The theory particularly focuses on the internal factors of a country while assuming that, with assistance, traditional or pre-modern countries can be brought to development in the same manner which more developed countries have.
Won 1974 Wolfson History Prize Theodore Zeldin: France, 1848–1945, Vol 2: Intellect, Taste and Anxiety: 1977 1202 978-0198221258: E.H. Kossmann: The Low Countries, 1780–1940: 1978 793 978-0198221081: Gordon A. Craig: Germany, 1866–1945: 1978 840 978-0198221135: James J. Sheehan: German History, 1770–1866: 1989 986 978-0198221203: Paul W ...