Stonehenge

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prominent part of Stonehenge, the great stone circles. These people were well organized, and

probably less aggressive or assertive than their predecessors, while more industrious with the

technology they used to farm as well as build the great monuments. The people of Wessex

were less concerned with war and centered rather around art, poetry, and trade. Philosophically

and scientifically the Wessex were far ahead of the rest of the world, some rival their ingenuity to

that of the Ancient Greeks. In the graves of their chieftains, were goods such as daggers, bows,

and various other ornaments. Their access to such luxuries can perhaps be attributed to their great

international barters who probably traded with people from the Mediterranean Sea area. They

built the final phase of Stonehenge, and brought about many cultural changes to the monument

such as giving the monument visual magnificence, through artistic designs portraying the afterlife,

and more astronomical precision.

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