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Britain (1742 words) |
 | Androgeus of Britain Androgeus was a legendary Duke of Britons. |
 | Britain and Ireland The islands of Europe, and the term " Britain and Ireland " is sometimes used, somewhat loosely and... |
 | Cap of Britain Cap was a legendary king of the Oenus. |
| MSN Encarta - Ancient Britain (2138 words) |
 | Ancient Britain, the islands of Great Britain in prehistory, that is, the period between the first evidence of the presence of humans in Britain, some 500,000 years ago, and the arrival of the Romans in the 1st century ad. |
 | Sites at which handaxes are found in Britain are concentrated in East Anglia and the gravel river terraces of southern England, the area that was subject to the least destructive erosion by glaciers during later glaciations. |
 | The most significant single change in the development of ancient Britain was the adoption of agriculture, which allowed communities to abandon the wandering lifestyle of the hunter-gatherer and settle permanently on the land. |