1、England,The largest part of UK,England,England vs. Guangdong,England: Population(2004)50.1 million (UK total: 60.4 million) Area130 423 square km (UK total: 241 752),Guangdong: Population(2005) 90 millionArea 179800 square km,England,Highly urbanized-80% of population living in cities-only 2% workin
2、g in agriculture Physically largest with largest population Dominance in: size/ culture/ economy-take England for UK-Scottish/ Welsh/ Irish London,Population distribution,Beautiful landscape of England,Famous white cliff of Dover,Land end and Atlantic sea,British history is a history of invasions.,H
3、istory of Invasions I,Before first century AD-Celtic people (powerful culture originating in central Europe) 43 AD-Roman empire, 400y, divided again, 7 kingdoms-King Arthur 5th century-Germanic peoples: Angles, Saxons.- either absorbed/ pushed the Celtic people-forefathers of the English,History of
4、Invasion II,Late 8th century-Vikings from Scandinavia-large areas of northern & eastern England-differences between the southerners & northerners From 1066-Normans from France, descendants of Vikings-last time army from outside succeeded in invading-ruling class: aristocracy-Robin Hood, Tower of Lon
5、don(central London) Process of joining together the various parts-monarch vs. parliament,The Celts (about 700 BC),The Celts were the ancestors of the Scots, Welsh and Irish They began to arrive about 700 BC, and may have come from eastern and central Europe, now France, Belgium and Germany,Invasion of Celts,Gaels,Brythons,Belgae,Ancestors of Highland Scots, the Irish and the Welsh,Celts,600BC,400BC,150BC,The Celts,They were practiced farmers. They drained much of the marshlands and built houses of wood and wickerwork with a weatherproof coating of mud. They were ironworkers.,
