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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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resources.