After the empires
AD 500 to 1000, about 500 years
New kingdoms and faiths grow where old empires fell, from Anglo-Saxon England to the caliphates.
The twelve eras, each step to the right ten times closer to today.
Meanwhile, around the world
The 6 places on this site that we know from this era. Today’s coastlines.
Region by region
Africa
- Decree of 196 BC; found nearby in July 1799Rashid (Rosetta)
The Americas
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
Asia
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
Europe
- 597Augustine’s mission arrives
- About 625The Sutton Hoo ship burial
- 635Aidan founds Lindisfarne
- 8 June 793Vikings raid Lindisfarne
- Built soon after AD 122; lived in until about 500Birdoswald
- About 420 to the early 600sWest Stow
- Synod of 664Whitby
The Middle East
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
Oceania
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
Objects
On the school courses
- Primary: Key Stage 2 (ages 7 to 11) Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots
- Primary: Key Stage 2 (ages 7 to 11) The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor
- Primary: Key Stage 2 (ages 7 to 11) A non-European society that provides contrasts with British history: early Islamic civilization, including Baghdad c. AD 900; Mayan civilization c. AD 900; or Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900 to 1300