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== Global anglophone culture == | == Global anglophone culture == | ||
http:// | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Origins_of_English_PieChart_2D.svg Origin of English words] | ||
==Prehistoric Times== | ==Prehistoric Times== | ||
*700,000 years ago: human settlements on later British soil, the later British Islands still part of the continental shelf. Several several glacial and interglacial periods in which hunter-gatherers appear and reappear | |||
* 70,000 and 10,000 years ago: last ice age, extreme cold snap between 22,000 and 13,000 years ago | |||
* 7500 to 6000 years ago: Meltwater causes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise see level rise] of 120 m, and separation of Ireland from Britsh mainland, and of British isles from continental shelf | |||
* Stone age settlements by peoples who might have sopken an early version of modern Basque (genetic evidence, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalith megalith culture]) | |||
* 3100-1600 BC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge Stonehenge] in use. Similar constructs of megalith culture can be found all over western Europe | |||
==Celts== | ==Celts== | ||
* 600 BC Celtic invasions - cultural centre in the alpine region? Hallstatt | |||
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Global anglophone culture
Prehistoric Times
- 700,000 years ago: human settlements on later British soil, the later British Islands still part of the continental shelf. Several several glacial and interglacial periods in which hunter-gatherers appear and reappear
- 70,000 and 10,000 years ago: last ice age, extreme cold snap between 22,000 and 13,000 years ago
- 7500 to 6000 years ago: Meltwater causes see level rise of 120 m, and separation of Ireland from Britsh mainland, and of British isles from continental shelf
- Stone age settlements by peoples who might have sopken an early version of modern Basque (genetic evidence, megalith culture)
- 3100-1600 BC Stonehenge in use. Similar constructs of megalith culture can be found all over western Europe
Celts
- 600 BC Celtic invasions - cultural centre in the alpine region? Hallstatt
