Lecture 2 Britain’s prehistory презентация, доклад

Слайд 1Lecture 2 Britain’s prehistory
Ph.D. Vashchenko E.A.

Слайд 2Plan
The Celts
The Romans
The Anglo-Saxons

Слайд 3Mysterious Stonehenge
3000 B.C. – the Iberians
1900 – 1600 B.C.
8,5 meters

high
7 tons
Kings were buried here
It was used for sun worship
A

Temple or a Court of Justice

Mysterious Stonehenge3000 B.C. – the Iberians1900 – 1600 B.C.8,5 meters high7 tonsKings were buried hereIt was used

Слайд 4Early Britain. The Celtic tribes
6-3 century B.C. – the Iberians,

the Picts, the Scots and the Britons
Julius Caesar (Commentaries on

the Gallic War)
Spears, swords, daggers, axes
War-chariots

Early Britain. The Celtic tribes6-3 century B.C. – the Iberians, the Picts, the Scots and the BritonsJulius

Слайд 5The primitive communal system
The Iberians – stone tools
The Celts –

metal tools, bronze, copper, iron
No private property, no prisons, no

courts
From primitive communal society – to class society
The elders, military leaders - tribal nobility

The primitive communal systemThe Iberians – stone toolsThe Celts – metal tools, bronze, copper, ironNo private property,

Слайд 6The Roman conquest of Britain
Class of slaves and the class

of slave-owners
In 55 B.C. a Roman army invaded Britain, but

had to retreat
In 54 B.C. Caesar again came to Britain
In 43 A.D. a Roman army invaded Britain and conquered the South-East
The Picts and the Scots burned their villages, drove of their cattle and sheep
“Hadrian’s Wall”

The Roman conquest of BritainClass of slaves and the class of slave-ownersIn 55 B.C. a Roman army

Слайд 7Roman influence in Britain
Towns, splendid villas, public baths
York, Glouster, Lincoln,

London
Bath – hot springs

Slavery
Had to build roads, bridges, walls

Roman influence in BritainTowns, splendid villas, public bathsYork, Glouster, Lincoln, LondonBath – hot springsSlaveryHad to build roads,

Слайд 8The Fall of the Roman Empire
3-4 centuries - the Roman

Empire weakened
No new methods of land cultivation, no new technical

inventions
4 century – Germanic tribes invaded the Western Roman Empire
The Roman legions were recalled from Britain
The end of slave-owning system

The Fall of the Roman Empire3-4 centuries - the Roman Empire weakenedNo new methods of land cultivation,

Слайд 9Traces of the Roman Rule in Britain
Wells, roads, Watling Street,

walls, baths, bridges
The fragments of the old London wall
Pottery, glass,

tiles, statues, armour, coins

street – strata
Port – portus
Wall – vallum

Castra – camps (Chester, Winchester, Manchester, Leicester, Gloucester, Doncaster)

Traces of the Roman Rule in BritainWells, roads, Watling Street, walls, baths, bridgesThe fragments of the old

Слайд 10The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Britain
In the 5th century – the

Jutes, the Saxons and the Angles
In 449 they landed in

Kent and the conquest began
150 years - to conquer the country
7th century – they conquered the greater part of the country
the Jutes – Kent
The Saxons – Sussex, Wessex, Essex
The Angles – Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia