ChapterThreeBritishHistory
ZhouYuhua
NingboUniversityofTechonology
Objectives:
?InthischapterwearegoingtotouchuponthehistoryoftheUnitedKingdomfromthree
phases:prehistorytoNormanConquest（诺曼征服）;the
makingofaNation;andthe
Tudors（都铎王朝）.Wethenfocusontheimportanceofthe
ElizabethanAgeinBritishhistory.
Pre-viewquestions
?Canyoufindoutwhatisthesecretagreement?
?Whatexamples(historicalevents)canexplainthesituationswhenthesecretagreementwasdestroyedorkept?
QuestionsforDiscussion
?HowdidBritainbecomeoneofthemostpowerfulcountries?
?HowdidtheUKparliamentcomeintobeing?
?WhytheConstitutionalMonarchycanbepreservedinBritain?
(forhomework)
BritishHistoryTimeline
?NeolithicandBronzeAges
?IronAge
?RomanBritain
?VikingsandAnglo-Saxons
?NormanBritain
?MiddleAges
?Tudors
?CivilWarandRevolution
?EmpireandSeaPower
?VictorianBritain
?WorldWars
?Britain:1945toPresent
Contents
?EarlyBritain(Before1066)
?MedievalBritain(1066-1485)
?TransitiontotheModernAge(1485-1688)
?TheAgeofEmpire(1689-1901)
?Britainsince1901
EarlyBritain(Before1066)
?Prehistorictimes(3000-55B.C.)
–Earlysettlers(3000-750B.C.)
–CeltsInvasion(750-55B.C.)
?RomanBritain(55B.C.-AD410)
?Anglo-SaxonBritain(AD449-1066)
–Heptarchy(7thC)
–Vikingsinvasion(8thC)
Ibericans
伊比利亚人
3,000—2,500B.C.
Beakerfolk
比克人
2,500-750B.C.
vessel
ynkin
□“Beakeptte
□Stonehenge
Beaker
folk
Stonehenge
Themysteryofthebluestones
□Todragthesarsenstones,
weighingupto45tonnes,or
theweightofsixelephants,
fromMarlboroughDowns,30
kilometrestothesouthof
Stonehenge,wouldhavebeen
quiteafeat.Thebluestones,incontrast,wereaboutfour
tonnesbutarebelievedto
havecomefrommuchfarther-
-thePreseliMountainsnearly
385kilometresaway.
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