WHAT EVIDENCE DO WE HAVE FOR THE CHANGING NATURE OF CONTACT BETWEEN BRITAIN AND THE CONTINENT IN THE FIRST MILLENIUM BC?

WHAT EVIDENCE DO WE HAVE FOR THE CHANGING NATURE OF CONTACT BETWEEN BRITAIN AND THE CONTINENT IN THE FIRST MILLENIUM BC?


By the first millennium BC, Britain had already established close contact with the continent. Communication systems had already developed as raw materials such as metals were brought from place to place. Evidence of this is seen where the technology and style incorporated in different objects show similarities in repeated decorative designs of their development throughout Britain and Continental Europe. The first millennium BC saw changes in the ways in which societies were developing. Ireland was also affected by the many changes sweeping across Europe at this time, and had important social and economic links between Britain and the continent.
The invasion of Britain by the Celts had an impact in the daily lives of ordinary people, their religious beliefs and artistic expression. The use of iron led to improved tools. Society was more organised and specialis...