Prehistory, Saxon invasion and Celtic Kingdoms
The foundation stones
The Island Britain has a mild climate due to the Gulf Stream which brings warm waters from the Gulf
of Mexico. The northern part of the island in average 5'C cooler and it's mountainous or hilly and that's
why the south has been more populated.. Britain became an island only 5000 years BC after the Ice
Age ended.
Britain's prehistory The first evidence of human life on the island are dated back to 250
000 BC.
50 000 BC in a milder Ice Age period Britain became habitable again. People from that time were the
ancestors of the modern British. 10 000 BC ige age ended and Britain became inhabited by small
groups of hunters who probably followed herds of deer. 5000BC Britain became an island and deer
died out. 3000BC the Neolithic people came (probably from Spanish peninsula or even North African ...