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  2. Prehistoric Britain - Wikipedia

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    No written language of the pre-Roman inhabitants of Britain is known; therefore, the history, culture and way of life of pre-Roman Britain are known mainly through archaeological finds. Archaeological evidence demonstrates that ancient Britons were involved in extensive maritime trade and cultural links with the rest of Europe from the ...

  3. Celtic Britons - Wikipedia

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    The La Tène style, which covers British Celtic art, was late arriving in Britain, but after 300 BC the Ancient British seem to have had generally similar cultural practices to the Celtic cultures nearest to them on the continent. There are significant differences in artistic styles, and the greatest period of what is known as the "Insular La ...

  4. History of England - Wikipedia

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    Britain, we are told, is inhabited by tribes which are autochthonous and preserve in their ways of living the ancient manner of life. They use chariots, for instance, in their wars, even as tradition tells us the old Greek heroes did in the Trojan War.

  5. Timeline of prehistoric Britain - Wikipedia

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    July – Julius Caesar invades Britain and defeats the Catuvellauni under Cassivellaunus. [19] September – Tribute fixed, and peace agreed between the Catevellauni and the Trinovantes, allied with Rome. Romans return to Gaul. [19] 50 BC Fleeing to Britain after a failed revolt in Gaul, Commius becomes chieftain of the Atrebates. [19] 34 BC

  6. List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    There are many prehistoric sites and structures of interest remaining from prehistoric Britain, spanning the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.Among the most important are the Wiltshire sites around Stonehenge and Avebury, which are designated as a World Heritage Site.

  7. Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    There are also various recorded cases of animal skulls, particularly oxen but also pig, being buried in human graves, a practice that was also found in earlier Roman Britain. [13] One of the tumulus burial mounds at Sutton Hoo.

  8. History of Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    Anglo-Saxon history thus begins during the period of sub-Roman Britain following the end of Roman control, and traces the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the 5th and 6th centuries (conventionally identified as seven main kingdoms: Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Wessex); their Christianisation during the 7th ...

  9. Brigantes - Wikipedia

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    Within Britain, the territory which the Brigantes inhabited was bordered by that of four other peoples: the Carvetii in the northwest, the Parisii to the east and, to the south, the Corieltauvi and the Cornovii. To the north was the territory of the Votadini, which straddled the present day border between England and Scotland.