Collection No. 15 of 24

Society, family and daily life

Homes, families, childhood, class and the everyday.

3 subjects · 4 lessons · 2 objects · 11 events

The thread through time

Everything in this drawer at its date. Objects above the line, lessons and events below. Each step to the right is ten times closer to today.

300,000 years ago10,0003,0001,000100nowA modern human jaw in Kents CavernHunters camp at Star CarrFarming reaches BritainThe first Stonehenge, an earthworkThe stones of Stonehenge are raisedThe Amesbury Archer is buriedThe gift of the riverModel of a porch and gardenMust Farm burnsMaiden Castle’s great rampartsTowns and the new lifeLife on the frontierRegina’s tombstoneSeverus dies at YorkWho came after Rome?

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  1. The gift of the riverWhy did everything in Egypt depend on the Nile?Ancient Egypt · About 2000 BC
  2. Life on the frontierWho actually lived on the northern frontier?Roman Britain · About AD 85 to 400
  3. Towns and the new lifeHow did Roman rule change the way people lived?Roman Britain · AD 47 to about 300
  4. Who came after Rome?Who were the Anglo-Saxons, and how did they live?Anglo-Saxon Britain · About AD 410 to 650

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