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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 ...

A Trip down Memory Lane!

My, my, I love history. I have a knack for researching about the past and curious to know what happened before to bring us to the present. What really happened to the Assyrian empire? How did the Babylonians become world power in the era of B.C? How did the Medes and the Persians take over and subdue Babylon? Then the Greeks came with their mighty warrior Alexander The Great who conquered Europe and Asia! And of course the Romans who conquered the world and even Israel. What led to the fall of  the Roman Empire? The role of the Germanic tribes in the Roman  defeat. And then the Danes and the Vikings came along and forever changed history! Then the reign of the British monarchs are my most favorite part of European history. I was so intrigued by this genealogy that I did an  in-depth research and study of all the  British kings and queens that have ruled from time immemorial up until the present Queen Elizabeth II. A very interesting study and time I had while embarki...