Keystage2 History
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Before Christ - years before Jesus was born counted backwards
Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord) - years after Jesus was born
From about 3 million years ago to about 3000 BC
Stone wood bone and antler
A prehistoric stone circle built during the Stone Age and Bronze Age
43 AD under Emperor Claudius
A famous Roman general who first invaded Britain in 55 BC and 54 BC
Roads towns baths aqueducts and Hadrian's Wall
A wall built across northern England to keep out the Scots and Picts
Around 410 AD
Germanic tribes who settled in England after the Romans left
Kingdoms like Wessex Mercia and Kent
A legendary British king said to have fought against the Anglo-Saxons
793 AD when they attacked Lindisfarne monastery
Fast shallow boats that could sail up rivers for raids
An Anglo-Saxon king who defended against Viking attacks
1066 AD
William the Conqueror (Norman) vs King Harold (Anglo-Saxon)
William the Conqueror defeated King Harold and became king
Stone castles with keeps moats and strong defenses
A system where the king gave land to nobles in return for military service
Warriors who fought on horseback and followed a code of chivalry
A deadly plague that killed about one-third of Europe's population in the 1300s
A Tudor king famous for having six wives and breaking from the Catholic Church
Because the Pope wouldn't let him divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon
A fleet of Spanish ships that tried to invade England in 1588
Henry VIII's daughter who became a famous queen and defeated the Spanish Armada
A major fire in 1666 that destroyed much of medieval London
A man who wrote a famous diary about life in London including the Great Fire
The period when Queen Victoria ruled Britain (1837-1901)
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