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The Chronology of The British Kingdom

History depicts that there are traces of Paleolithic man in England. But he was usurped in the era between 2500-2000 BC by Neolithic man, and this man introduced a rudimentary agriculture, mined flints for tools, built fortifications and also established well worn lines of communication. The Beaker people were next in line to arrive. They were also known for their distinctive pottery thereby instituting the working of copper and bronze. However, the use of iron spread from Europe as early as  the 5th century B.C with the arrival of the Celts, whose culture soon dominated England. Still, little is known of the contemporary tribal organization. Cunebelinus (Cymbeline) were kings who flourished on the eve of the Roman Conquest, are shadowy and legendary figures which leave little to the imagination. Yet creative and insatiable desire for inquest. Powerful institutions and the religious sect of Druids are vague and little is known about them. Next came the Roman occupation of England ...