The brithis isles

THE BRITISH ISLES The British Isles is the name for a collection of about 4000 islands, INCLUDING GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. THE NAME, THE BRITISH ISLES, IS USUALLY ONLY SEEN ON MAPS. GREAT BRITAIN,KNOW AS BRITAIN OR GB, IS THE NAME FOR THE LARGEST OF THE ISLANDS IN THE BRITISH ISLES. IT INCLUDES ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AN WALES. IT DOES NOT INCLUDES NORTHERN IRELAND OR THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.

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INVASORS BETWEEN THE SIXTH AND THE THIRD CENTURY BC, THE BRITISH ISLES WERW INVADED BY CELTIC TRIBES WHO STARTED IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND. THEY ORIGINALLY CAME FROM CENTRAL EUROPE. THEY WERETHE MOST POWER PEOPLE NORTH OF THE ALPS. IN AD 43, THE ROMANS INVADED SOUTHERN BRITAIN. IT BECAME A ROMAN COLONY CALLED BRITANNIA. THE ROMANS SET UP THEIR CAPITAL IN LONDON AND BUILT MAJOR CITIES INBATH, CHESTER AND YORK. THE CITIES CONTAINED BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS, SQUARES AND PUBLIC BATHS. THE TIBES OF SCOTLAND NEVER COMPLETELY SERRRENDERED TO THE ROMANS. IN AD 383, THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS COLLAPSINGAND THE ROMAN LEGIONS HAD LEFT BRITAIN TO FIGHT THE TRIBES ON THE CONTINENT. GERMANIC TRIBES BEGAN INVADING SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND. THE TRIBES CAME FROM WHAT IS NOW NORTHERN GERMANY, HOLLAND AN DENMARK.THE FIRST TO COME WERE THE SAXONS, JOINED LATER BY THE JUTES AN ANGLES. THE FIRST TO COME WERE THE SAXONS, JOINED LATER BY THE JUTES AND ANGLES. THE NATIVE PEOPLE, KNOWN AS THE ANGLO-SAXONS. AND THISWERE CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY. ABOUT AD 790, THE VIKINGS STARTED TO INVADE ENGLAND. THE NORSEMEN, WHO CARNE FROM NORWAY, MAINLY SETTLED IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. THE NORTH AND EAST OF ENGLAND

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THE ROMANS

THE GERMANS

THE VIKINGS

WERE SETTLED BY THE DANES. THE VIKINGS WERE EXCELLENT TRADERS AND NAVIGATORS. THE DUKE OF NORMANDY, KNOWN AS WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR NOW BECAME KING OFENGLAND ESTABLISHING A NEW ANGLONORMAN STATE. ENGLAND BECAME A STRONG, CENTRALISED COUNTRY UNDER MULITARY RULE. THE NORMANS POWEE WAS ABSOLUTE AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE NEW RULERS NORMANFRENCH, HAS...