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1.The Anglo Sax Saxon on Civiliza Civilization tion 2.1The Ger Germanic manic In Invasions. vasions.

-The Ger Germanic manic inv invasions asions of Britain began around the year 449 by cer certain tain Ger tribes, the English founders. T Ger tribes left their Germanic manic The he Germanic manic continental homes in the Dani Danish sh peninsula and Lo Low w countries and established in the south and east and gr gradually adually they extended all but the Highlands in the nor north th and west. - The Traditional account goes bac back k to Bede an and d Th The e Anglo Saxon Chronic Chronicle. le. Bede in his ecc ecclesiastical lesiastical Hist Histor or ory y of the English people tells us tha thatt the settlers and conqueror conquerors s were the J Jutes, utes, Angles and Sax Saxons. ons. The Jutes come from T The he Nor Nortt h of the Danish peninsula, The Angles from the South and the Sax Saxons ons from the moder modern n central Ger Germany many many.. - Britain has been e exposed xposed to a attac ttac ttack k from the ear earlly 4C th by the Sax Saxons, ons, e ev ven when Britain was under R Roman oman rrule. ule. At the same time the unco unconquered nquered Picts and Scots in the nor north th were under constant vigilance. The Celts depended on Roman ar arms ms for protection because their militar military y tradition had lapsed. Consequently when Roman withdrew in 410, Celts ffelt elt in disadvantage and se sev veral times called them for aid but R Ro omans were occupied def defending ending their own ter territor ritor ritory y at home so the Celts struck a deal with the J Jutes utes tha thatt they would de defend fend them iin ne exc xc xchange hange of the Island of T Thanet, hanet, the Celtic leader Vor ortt iger igern n gave it to them. The Jutes soon ffound ound out the w weakness eakness of the Celts and prog progressive ressive ressively ly occupied Kent, pu pushing shing the Celts out. -The Jutes were different fro from m the R Romans omans re regar gar garding ding to the conquest. The Romans had come to rrule ule the celtic popul population, ation, no to dispossess iit, t, the Jutes, instead came in numbers and drov drove e the Celts out. T The he e example xample of the Jutes was ffollowed ollowed by other Ger Germanic manic tribes. -The Saxons follo followed wed the Jut Jutes es and migr migrated ated in 477, setting fir first st in Susse Sussex x and la later ter in Esse Essex, x, Wesse Wessex x and Middle Essex Essex.. -The Angl Angles es migr migrated ated in the y year ear 547 AD and established an Anglia Kingdom Nor North th of the Humber and before the centur century y had finished they had already star started ted settling in East Anglia....