History

• Migrant


  Someone who has moved to an area temporarily
• Immigrant


  Someone who has moved to an area permanently
• Britons


  Native British people
• The Irish famine was when Ireland was hit with potato blight
• The Irish fled to Britain in large numbers
• Windrush was a group of Jamaicans who came to Britain after WW2 for jobs
• Reasons for migration


  • Economic hardship
  • Religious persecution
  • Job opportunities
  • Family
• In 1066 King Edward died with no heir, leaving England in instability
• People who wanted to be king after Edward's death

  • Harold Godwinson
  • William the Conqueror
  • Harald Hardrada
  • Edgar the Aetheling
• Harold Godwinson was chosen as king by the Witan
• King Harold had news of an impending attack from William Duke Of Normandy and rushed south to confront him
• Strong winds delayed William's attack on England
• Hardrada's army had already conquered York before the king could get there
• Hardrada was supported by the king's estranged brother Tostig Godwinson
• Before the fight began, Hardrada had left over 300 men and some cavalry behind, giving the king an advantage
• Harold's army won the Battle of Stamford Bridge
• William the Duke of Normandy set sail for England
• The battle of Hastings took place on the 14th of October 1066
• William's army was strong but the king's ranks were packed so tight, a rumour spread that William had been killed, but he lifted his helmet and declared he was alive
• William won the English throne
• Silk Roads


  The name of the route from China to Italy where resources and ideas were traded
• Trade


  The activity of buying and selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people or countries
• Region


  An area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics
• Empire


  A group of countries ruled by a single more powerful country
• Resources


  A stock or supply of money and materials needed to function
• Civilisation


  The society, culture, and way of life of an area
• Viewpoint


  A person's viewpoint
• Empires


  • ROMAN EMPIRE
  • AFRICA
• Sogdian Peoples


  Group of people from Iran who use the silk road to trade goods
• Silk


  • One of the most important resources, it was a symbol of wealth and status but also sometimes used as money
  • Chies built along these trade routes grew wealthy
• Empires throughout history


  Have focused on capturing the regions along the Silk Roads
• Armies


  Fought because they didn't like a different religion being spread in their land
• Religion


  • Beliefs spread quickly along the Silk Roads from all directions
  • Religions didn't just compete, they also borrowed from and influenced each other
  • This spread of religion led to many impressive places of worship being built, much of which is still intact today
• Knowledge


  • This was a time that saw major breakthroughs for science, mathematics, medicine, astronomy, literature and philosophy
  • These ideas spread throughout Asia (particularly China) along the Silk Roads
  • In contrast, in Christian Europe, even the most powerful leaders could barely read