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==Celts== | ==Celts== | ||
* 600 BC Celtic invasions - cultural centre in the | * 600 BC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celt Celtic] invasions - cultural centre in the Alpine region? "Hallstatt" culture. Early iron age, tribal organisation. | ||
== Romans == | == Romans == | ||
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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" culture. Early iron age, tribal organisation.
