BM2-3 Anglophone Expansion:Timeline
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Contents
- 1 Global anglophone culture
- 2 Prehistoric Times
- 3 Celts
- 4 Romans
- 5 Angels, Saxons, Jutes
- 6 Roman Catholicism
- 7 Vikings, Danes
- 8 Franco-Norman and French Influence
- 9 The British as Naval Power
- 10 Great Britain and North American Colonies
- 11 Great Britain and Westindies
- 12 Great Britain and Africa
- 13 Great Britain and India
- 14 Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand
- 15 Great Britain and Canada
- 16 USA and Latin America
- 17 USA and Europe
- 18 USA and East Asia
- 19 USA and Middle East
Global anglophone culture
Prehistoric Times
- 700,000 years ago: human settlements on later British soil, the later British Islands still part of the continental shelf. Several several glacial and interglacial periods in which hunter-gatherers appear and reappear
- 70,000 and 10,000 years ago: last ice age, extreme cold snap between 22,000 and 13,000 years ago
- 7500 to 6000 years ago: Meltwater causes see level rise of 120 m, and separation of Ireland from Britsh mainland, and of British isles from continental shelf
- Stone age settlements by peoples who might have sopken an early version of modern Basque (genetic evidence, megalith culture)
- 3100-1600 BC Stonehenge in use. Similar constructs of megalith culture can be found all over western Europe
Celts
- 600 BC Celtic invasions - cultural centre in the alpine region? Hallstatt
