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