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Best known megalithic monument on Salisbury Plain
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The celtic tribes were called the Britons. They grew wheat and corn
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To keep out the raiding Picts
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The Vikings began their invasion from Denmark which was to leave a lasting impression on Britain
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Signed between King Alfred the Great of Wessex and Gunthrum, Danish kinfbof East Anglia. ENGLAND WAS DIVIDED
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After the death of Alfred the Great, his successors reconquered the Danelaw in the early 900's. Danish viking attacks continued, however, and Canute, a brother of the king of Denmark, became the king of England
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Norman Duke William defeated Saxon King Harold and was crowned the king of England on Christmas Day
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It was restored in England and lasted until the year 1066. The last famous Saxon king of England was Edward the Confessor. He started to build Westminister Abbey in London
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The students were taught Latin, theology, medicine, grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music
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Norman-French and Anglo-Saxon German formed one language called Middle English
