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Everything here took place in the last 2000 years…
                                                 Between 4000ya-2000ya…                             The Roman Empire – 27BCE – 476CE
                                                 Humans discovered they could make tools from       The Anglo-Saxons – c410CE
                                                 bronze by mixing natural materials, tin and copper   The Vikings – c793CE
                                                 (Bronze Age)                                       The Normans – 1066CE
                                                 Then later, they discovered the natural material   The Tudors – 1457CE
                                                 iron (Iron Age)                                    The Victorians – 1837CE
                                                                                                    World War I – 1914-1918CE
                                                                                                    World War II – 1939-1945CE
                                                                                                    Queen Elizabeth II – 1953CE
                                                                                                    The Millennium – 2000CE
                                                    During this period…                             …And so much more!
                                                    The Ancient Egyptians began building pyramids - 4000ya!
                                                    The Ancient Greeks came up with the idea of democracy
      The Stone Age                                 and government - 2800ya!




  Before Common Era (BCE)                                                                                Common Era


                Mesolithic Age                            Neolithic Age       Bronze Age        Iron         (CE)
                                                                                                Age

                                                          6,000 –             4000 – 2500       2500 –    2,000 years ago
           11,000-6000 years ago
                                                          4,000 years ago     years ago         1500 ya   – Present Day


        10,000       9,000      8,000      7,000      6,000     5,000     4,000       3,000       2,000     1,000          0

                                                                   Even more changes…
    Lots of changes…                                               Humans settle into villages and live in the same place all year (like   You were born!
    The climate settles and becomes warmer, so humans move further   you!)
    North.                                                         They set up farms, growing crops and have animals for their meat
    They begin making more complicated tools: using bone or wood to fix a   and other products (eggs, milk, wool…)
    handle to their stone tools. They also build boats to travel on water.  They use clay (from the ground) to make pots and begin to
    This age sees the start of a give-and-take between groups to share   experiment with other materials they find in the ground to make
    tools and materials. But this also led to fighting over land and   tools that are sharper and last longer.
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