History The history of England is one of the invasions, cultural revolutions, and changes. When the Ice Age ended and the sea levels rose, the low-lying land of modern-day England was swamped, creating an island. It was first inhabited by "modern" humans during the Upper Paleolithic period but took its name from Angles, a Germanic tribe from the Anglia peninsular who settled there in the 5th and 6th centuries. The Iron Age followed the Ice Age when hunting continued as a source of food but farming technology developed allowing the nomadic peoples to create settlements and early farmsteads began to appear on the landscape. Named due to the use of bronze and copper to create tools, weapons, and decorative items by peoples known ...
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