HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

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1. HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN
2. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEngland (London)Wales (Cardiff)Scotland (Edinburg)Northern Ireland (Belfast)
3. Geographical positionTotal area is 244 square kilometersConsist
4. In the course of time, different groups
5. Ancient BRITONSThey lived in case, hunted animals
6. The CeltsThey were tall, strong people with
7. The ROMANSIn the year 55 BC the
8. Hadrian’s wallIt was crushed but Hadrian decided
9. Anglo-SaxonsTowards the end of the 4th century
10. Слайд 10
11. The Norman conquestThe conquest of England by
12. The Normans brought with them the French
13. The War of Roses The War
14. The White Rose was the symbol of
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEngland (London)Wales (Cardiff)Scotland (Edinburg)Northern Ireland (Belfast)

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Слайд 1HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Слайд 2The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England (London)
Wales

(Cardiff)
Scotland (Edinburg)
Northern Ireland (Belfast)

Слайд 3Geographical position
Total area is 244 square kilometers
Consist of Great Britain

and Ireland, small main islands: Isle of Wight, Isle of

Man, the Hebrides, the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands.

Geographical positionTotal area is 244 square kilometersConsist of Great Britain and Ireland, small main islands: Isle of

Слайд 4In the course of time, different groups of people kept

arriving in Britain, bringing their customs and skills. The Romans,

who occupied Britain in the 1st century, brought the skills of reading and writing. The written word was important for spreading ideas and culture.

Around 10,000 BC Britain was peopled by small groups of hunters and fishers. They followed herds of deer, which provided them with food and clothing.

In the course of time, different groups of people kept arriving in Britain, bringing their customs and

Слайд 5Ancient BRITONS
They lived in case, hunted animals for food, learned

to grow corn and breed domestic animals
Britons were religious.

Ancient BRITONSThey lived in case, hunted animals for food, learned to grow corn and breed domestic animalsBritons

Слайд 6The Celts
They were tall, strong people with long red or

sandy hair. The Romans called them Britons and the island

– Brittania.

The CeltsThey were tall, strong people with long red or sandy hair. The Romans called them Britons

Слайд 7The ROMANS
In the year 55 BC the
great Roman general

Julius Caesar sailed to Britain with about 12,000 soldiers in

eighty ships. Britons armed with spears and swords. After fighting on the shore, the Romans

marched north-west where London stands today. The British attacked them in chariots and on foot, but the Romans had better arms and armour. The Britons were defeated.

The ROMANSIn the year 55 BC the great Roman general Julius Caesar sailed to Britain with about

Слайд 8Hadrian’s wall
It was crushed but Hadrian decided to build a

great wall running right across the country from Newcastle to

Carlisle. It was 73 miles long, 7-10 feet thick, and 16-20 feet high.

In the year 122 the Roman Emperor Hadrian came to Britain. Some years before there had been a serious rebellion in the north Britain.

Hadrian’s wallIt was crushed but Hadrian decided to build a great wall running right across the country

Слайд 9Anglo-Saxons
Towards the end of the 4th century Europe was invaded

by barbaric tribes. The Romans had to leave Britain because

they were needed to defend their own country. So, Germanic tribes called Angles, Saxons and Jutes came to Britain
The Britons fought
many battles, but at
last they were forced
to retreat to the west
of Britain.

Anglo-SaxonsTowards the end of the 4th century Europe was invaded by barbaric tribes. The Romans had to

Слайд 10

Слайд 11The Norman conquest
The conquest of England by the Normans began

in 1066 with the battle of Hastings, where the English

fought against the Normans. They were Vikings or 'Norsemen', men from the North. Some 150 years before the conquest of England they came to a part of France, opposite England, a part which we now call Normandy.

The Norman conquestThe conquest of England by the Normans began in 1066 with the battle of Hastings,

Слайд 12 The Normans brought with them the French language. After the

Norman Conquest there were three languages in England.
Latin, the

language of the church and the language in which all learned men wrote and spoke; the kings wrote their laws in Latin for some time after the Conquest.
French, the language which the kings and nobles spoke and which many people wrote.
English which remained the language of the masses of the people.

The Normans brought with them the French language. After the Norman Conquest there were three languages in

Слайд 13The War of Roses
The War of the Roses was

a terribly destructive, long-lasting, civil war in England between two

families with rival claims to the throne, the Yorks and the Lancasters. Its net result was to kill off almost all the direct claimants to the throne on either side of the royal family.

The War of Roses The War of the Roses was a terribly destructive, long-lasting, civil war

Слайд 14The White Rose was the
symbol of Yorkist supporters who

opposed
the rival House of Lancaster,
whose symbol was the Red
Rose

of Lancaster. The Wars
of the Roses ended with King
Henry VII who started the Tudor dynasty and symbolically united the White and Red Roses to create the Tudor Rose. He was the head of the House of Landcaster and married the Yorkist heiress Princess Elizabeth of York.