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Secondary History : Early Peoples

Clip description		Keywords
	Aztec sacrificial ceremony Duration: 05:04 A description of the mass sacrifice of humans in Aztec culture and explanations of the reasons why the Aztecs undertook such mass slaughter.	pyramid, ritual, sacrifice, religion, bullfighting, ceremony, Gods, death, sun, symbols, architecture, Coatlicue, Mictlantecuhti, wall of skulls, sun god

	Computer-generated view of Stonehenge Duration: 01:46 Using a computer simulation to gain a better understanding of what Stonehenge may have been like.	Archaeology, Timewatch, Stonehenge, excavation, artefacts, evidence, prehistoric, Bronze Age

	Farming in medieval Ireland (audio) Duration: 04:50 Still photo with audio about traditions and practices of medieval Ireland.	medieval Ireland, colonising, agriculture, clachans, eradicated

	How crannogs were built Duration: 01:25 An introduction to crannogs, which are atificial islands found across Ireland.	crannogs, defensive, rath, settlement, medieval, artificial island

	How did people in Ireland live 5,000 years ago? (audio) Duration: 03:14 Still photo with audio about Audleystown Cairn in Northern Ireland.	cairn, shell middens, accumulate, Capercaillie, court tomb, corbelled, excavated, orientation

	How did the Ancient Egyptians build their great pyramids? Duration: 02:49 An investigation into the mystery of the Pyramids.	construction, pyramids, Giza, evidence, architecture, engineering, archeology, ancient egyptians, Egyptology

	Kenneth MacAlpine, King of Pictland Duration: 01:45 A look at Kenneth MacAlpine, the king of the Picts and but probably not the first king of a united Scotland.	Kenneth MacAlpine, Pictland, Vikings, Picts, Scots, Scotland, kings

	Saint Columba, Iona and the Book of Kells Duration: 04:38 Saint Columba's powerful position and the importance of Iona to the Christian world.	Saint Columba, Iona, Book of Kells, monastery, Picts, church

	The Battle of Brunanburh Duration: 06:34 The Battle of Brunanburh - and why Britain remains a collection of different countries.	Constantine, Ethelstan, Vikings, Battle of Brunanburh

	The Battle of Dun Nechtain Duration: 02:23 How the Battle of Dun Nechtain signalled the rise of Pictland.	Picts, pictish, Dun Nechtain, Angles, Britons, Pictland

	The Gaels in early Scotland - their forts and culture Duration: 02:55 The role of Gaels in the creation of Scotland and a look at the hill fort of Dunnad.	Gaels, Picts, Dunnad, forts, early Scotland, gold, jewellery, gaelic art, ceremonies

	The invention of farming Duration: 03:28 Andrew Marr tells the story of how humans moved from a hunter gathering lifestyle to a farming one.	AndrewMarrsHistoryoftheWorld, HistoryoftheWorld, farming, agriculture, society, Stone Age, neolithic, fertile crescent, Turkey, Tigris

	The Picts and the Romans Duration: 06:11 An examination of Tacitus' depiction of Mons Graupius and descriptions of the Picts.	Caledonians, Picts, Romans, Agricola, Calgacus, Mons Graupius, Tacitus

	Vikings and Normans in Northern Ireland Duration: 02:08 Ireland's Viking and Norman invaders.	Vikings, Ireland, Normans, legacy, population, invaders

	What have we learned from an excavation of Stonehenge? Duration: 03:39 Professors Darvill and Wainwright sum up what they have found at their Stonehenge dig after a 12-day excavation of the site	Archaeology, Timewatch, artefacts, archaeologist, evidence, conclusion

	What technology did Irish monks use in the 7th Century? Duration: 04:43 Historical information about life around Nendrum Abbey near Strangford Lough.	convert, missionaries, tribal, monastery, sundial, refuge, monks, horticulture, medieval, metropolis, millennium

	What was the earliest inhabited place in Ireland? Duration: 06:18 An introduction to the Iron Age settlement at Mount Sandel Fort near Coleraine.	Mount Sandel, Ireland, fort, Iron Age, archaeology

	What's the earliest type of writing in Ireland? Duration: 01:43 Early form of writing on Ogham stone monuments	Ogham stone, monuments, early writing, medieval alphabet, celtic tree alphabet

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Secondary History : Early Peoples

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