The first people of Britain

The time from the arrival of the first modern humans to the beginning of recorded history was a __________ of about 100 centuries, or 400 generations.

We know little about what __________ then because these ancient people left no written records.

What we know about them comes from the __________ that archaeologists

have found at different __________.

Throughout prehistoric times there were many different __________ living in the British islands.

These groups were often in __________ with their neighbours and frequently attacked each other.

However, they also had contact with people in other parts of Europe and __________ with them regularly.

The first written accounts of Britain __________ from the time when Julius Ceasar and his army invaded over 2000 years ago.

Interestingly, the Romans did not increase the number of people in Britain by any great extent. To a population of three million, Ceasar's army and administration __________ only about 150 000.