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Britain begins /

The last Ice Age, which came to an end about 12,000 years ago, swept the bands of hunter gatherers from the face of the land that was to become Britain and Ireland, but as the ice sheets retreated and the climate improved so human groups spread slowly northwards, re-colonizing the land that had been...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cunliffe, Barry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations of Classical Works; 1 In the Beginning: Myths and Ancestors; 2 Britain Emerges: The Stage Is Set; 3 Interlude: Enter the Actors; 4 Settlement Begins, 10,000-4200 BC; 5 New People, New Ideas, 4200-3000 BC; 6 Mobilizing Materials: A New Connectivity, 3000-1500 BC; 7 Interlude: Talking to Each Other; 8 The Productive Land in the Age of Warriors, 1500-800 BC; 9 Episodes of Conflict, 800-60 BC; 10 Interlude: Approaching the Gods; 11 Integration: The Roman Episode, 60 BC-AD 350; 12 'Its Red and Savage Tongue', AD 350-650.
  • 13 The Age of the Northmen, AD 600-110014 Of Myths and Realities: An Epilogue; A Guide to Further Reading; Illustration Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.