WHAT WAS ENGLAND LIKE ?
England looked very different 1,600 years ago when the Anglo-Saxons came to our shores.
Much of the country was covered in thick oat forests.
Most of England's one millionpeople lived in the countryside there they made a living from farming.
There were many king, each one ruling over a different area of England.
DARK AGES !
The dark ages describe less the centuries after the end of the roman rule .
It is a time in history we have less evidence from.
It is the time in history when the Saxons and vikings came to Britain.
ANGLO-SAXONS
facts
for a long time ,England wasn't really one country Anglo-Saxon kings ruled lots of little kingdoms across the land.
the anglo-saxon letters were different form of shape but not like the Egptians