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What happened to the British Celts? King Arthur.

What happened was that was formed a battle, which is named the Battle of Badon. The Battle of Bason was a battle thought to have occurred between Celtic Britons and Anglo-Saxons in the late 5th century. It was credited as a major victory for the Britons, stopping the enchorament of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms for a period. It is chiefly known today fot he supposed involment of King Arhur, a tradition that first clearly appeared in the 9th-century Historia Brittonum. Because of the limited number of sources, there is no certainly about the date, location, or details of the fighting.

DATES. Anglo-Saxons.

 Historically, the Anglo-Saxon period denotes the period in Britain between about 450 and 1066. Specific  at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.

Agriculture / Anglo-Saxons

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·        -    -  Anglo-Saxon farming was widespread throughout Britain, and almost everybody worked on a farm.  - Most Anglo-Saxon farms and villages were built close to a source of fresh water. They were usually surrounded by a high wooden fence designed to keep the farm animals safe from attacks by wolves and bears. -They used lots of different wooden tools, like hoes, rakes, spades, billhooks and forks. ·      -  Early Anglo-Saxon farmers used a primitive type of plough. It dug furrows using a metal blade pulled by up to 8 oxen. -    -        Anglo Saxon cultivated a number of crops. The chief crops were wheat, rye and barley for grains, oats to feed the animals, and peas and beans which were often consumed together with the grains. Commonly consumed vegetables such as carrots, onions and leeks were also grown often.  Blackberries, apples and raspberries we...

Social organisation

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During most of the Neolithic age, people lived in small tribes composed of multiple bands or lineages. There is Little scientific evidence of developoed social stratification in most Neolithic societes; social stratification is more associated with the later Bronze Age. Although some late Neolithic societes formed complex stratified shiefdoms similar to Polynesian societes, most Neolithic societes were relatively simple and egalitarian. However, Neolithic societes were noticeably more hierarchical tan the Paleolithic cultures that preceded them. The domestication of animals resulted in a dramatic increase in social inequality. Possession of livestock allowed competition between households and resulted in inherited inequalities of wealth. Neolithic pastoralists who controlled large herds gradually acquired more livestock, and this made economic inequalities more pronounced. However, evidence of social inequality is still disputed. Families and households were still largely independent...