THE FIRST MILLENNIUM
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The History of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
You will find here an ever increasing amount of detail about British
History and links to relevant websites around the country. This section
displays information that is relevant to the whole of the British Isles,
you will find nation specific information in the sections on England,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Pre-history of the British Isles
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Period |
Commencing |
Concluding |
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Stone Age |
Old Stone Age |
Lower Palæolithic |
2,500,000 BC |
200,000 BC |
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Middle Palæolithic |
200,000 BC |
40,000 BC |
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Upper Palæolithic |
40,000 BC |
10,000 BC |
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Middle Stone Age |
Mesolithic |
10,000 BC |
6,000 BC |
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New Stone Age |
Neolithic |
6000 BC |
2300 BC |
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Early Bronze Age |
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2300 BC |
1200 BC |
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Late Bronze Age |
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1200 BC |
700 BC |
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Iron Age |
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700 BC |
43 AD |
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Roman Britain |
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43 AD |
450 AD |
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Anglo Saxons |
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450 AD |
999 AD |
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The above dates are as they approximately relate to
the United Kingdom. The periods are determined by a change in the use of
specific materials by early humankind and are very arbitrary, one new dated
find will cause an immediate realignment. In recent years the commencement
of the Bronze Age in Britain has been pushed back around 700 years as a
result of new Carbon14 dating techniques.
Pre-history, or the Prehistoric Age, is usually determined as
being that period of Human history prior to the discovery of written records therefore with regard to
British history this must currently be aligned with the arrival of the Roman
Legions is 43AD. Follow this link if you wish to find out
what places where called in Roman
times
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THE SECOND MILLENNIUM
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