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The 6
timelines
presented here are intended to aid students interested in pursuing a chronological or historical study of some of the cultivated plants from this book.
How to use the timelines page
The text has been ordered chronologically to allow visitors to explore what was happening with different plants at similar times. They therefore make it possible to study topics such as:
- Plants in Roman times, or
- Plants in Medieval times.
This immediately throws up the problem of how to give dates to the 'Iron Age', which may have taken place at different times in different parts of the world. The time periods selected here generally reflect what was happening in Britain. Thus the Roman time period stretches from 43 AD until 410 AD, which is the period of the Roman occupation of Britain rather than being the dates of the Roman Empire.
The table below shows how the time periods we have used relate to historical and prehistorical dates:
From |
To |
Age |
 |
Approx 9000 years ago |
Last Ice Age ends |
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2700 BC |
Stone Age ends |
2700 BC |
2500 BC |
Stone Age/Bronze Age transition |
2500 BC |
700 BC |
Bronze Age |
700 BC |
600 BC |
Bronze Age/Iron Age transition |
600 BC |
43 AD |
Iron Age |
43 AD |
410 AD |
Romans |
410 AD |
650 AD |
Dark Ages (Early Medieval) |
650 AD |
1066 AD |
Saxons |
1066 AD |
1485 AD |
Medieval |
1485 AD |
present |
Modern (Tudor, Stuart, Restoration, etc) |
Table adapted from: Francis Pryor 2001 Seahenge- New Discoveries in Prehistoric Britain
Harper Collins
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