Anglo Saxons

| THE ANGLO - SAXONS |
|Age |600 years|
|Race |Origins: The Anglo Saxons were people who have been driven out oftheir homelands on the coast of Germany by rising water|
| |levels. They were born fighters.|
| |Invasions: They conquered the south and east of England. Most of them settled down to live peacefully as farmers. |
|Culture |Language: Theyonly spoke a Germanic language and they weren’t great readers and writers. Their language gradually spread.|
| |The Latin was used for international communication.|
| |Literature: They composed poems with a distinctly Anglo Saxon feel, but inspire by stories and verse styles fromNorthern|
| |Europe. |
| |Customs:|
| |Law: The Anglo Saxon had strict rules about how to behave and astrong sense of family loyalty even to very distant |
| |relatives. When a person died their family received some money in compensation, according to their socialposition.- |
| |Trade: Coins were widely used. Carrying these coins was also much simpler than exchanging good for other goods. A series |
| |of...