Original: Anglo-Saxons ( or Anglo-Saxon ) is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain from the early 5th century AD , and their creation of the English nation , to the Norman conquest of 1066 .
Simplified: Anglo-Saxon means usually the culturally and linguistically similar peoples living in the south and east of the island Great Britain ( modern England ) from around the mid-5th century AD to the Norman conquest of 1066 .