高大上英国历史7.1Origin浅析.ppt

LOGO 第 * 页 History Chapter 7 LOGO ● Origin of the Nation ● Feudal England ● The Tudor Monarchy and the Renaissance ● The Bourgeois Revolution CONTENTS PAGE ● The Rise and Fall of the British Empire TRANSITION PAGE Origin of the Nation 1 (…~1066) Origin of the Nation 1 (…~1066) Early Settlers: As far as historical research could establish，the first inhabitants of the British Isles were Iberian. They were short，dark—haired. After Britain became an Island in about 6，000 B．C．，they settled there．During the long stone and bronze ages in Britain，they raised themselves from savagery onto the first steps of the civilized life. From 2，000 B．C．or so，the tall，golden—haired bellicose Celtic tribes living in today’s south of Germany, made a general westward movement． About 700 B．C．, one of the Celtic tribes called Gaels first came to Britain． 100 years later, another Celtic tribe called Britons, who had a good command of using iron invaded Britain and drove the Gaels to the north and west． The third invaders called Belgae, who came from Gaul and occupied most prefectures near London about 100B．C． THE WORLD OF THE CELTS The Celts defeated the Iberians and drove some of them to the north and west，kept the rest as slaves，and in the end the two races mixed to varying extent in different parts of the country The three Celtic tribes kept in close connections and some exchange of products appeared．They had their own monetary units． They developed the east and south to be the center of politics, the market of trading and the best place for grain production. TRANSITION PAGE Roman Conquest (55B.C.~410A.D.) Roman Conquest (55B.C.~410A.D.) In the summer of 55 B．C．，Julius Caesar，the great Roman general，came to Britain after conquering Gaul．His purpose was to warn the Celtic people not to support their kinfolks who were slaves under the Roman Empire． After a 1ot of fighting，the Romans defeated the Celts，but they could not make the