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* 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]) | * 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 | * 3100-1600 BC [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge Stonehenge] in use. Similar constructs of megalith culture can be found all over western Europe | ||
* Prehistoric hill figures like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffington_White_Horse Uffington White Horse] (1400 and 600 BC) | |||
==Celts== | ==Celts== | ||
* | * 500-50 BC predominance of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celt Celtic] culture. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Hallstatt_LaTene.png/300px-Hallstatt_LaTene.png map, distribution till 50 BC]. Different theories based on linguistic and genetic evidence: | ||
:*Invasions of early iron age tribes of the Hallstatt culture, or | |||
:*Gradual cultural development following western and central European developments | |||
*50 BC celitic language(s) spoken throughout the British isles | |||
*43-410 Romanisation of Celts in modern England | |||
*410-600 Retreat of Celts under pressure of Anglo-Saxon tribes to Wales and French Brittany, see Wikipedia article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breton_language Breton language] (alternative theory: Brittany developed as part of the western Celtic culture). | |||
== Romans == | == Romans == | ||
== Angels, Saxons, Jutes == | == Angels, Saxons, Jutes == | ||
Revision as of 15:24, 24 October 2008
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
- Prehistoric hill figures like the Uffington White Horse (1400 and 600 BC)
Celts
- 500-50 BC predominance of Celtic culture. map, distribution till 50 BC. Different theories based on linguistic and genetic evidence:
- Invasions of early iron age tribes of the Hallstatt culture, or
- Gradual cultural development following western and central European developments
- 50 BC celitic language(s) spoken throughout the British isles
- 43-410 Romanisation of Celts in modern England
- 410-600 Retreat of Celts under pressure of Anglo-Saxon tribes to Wales and French Brittany, see Wikipedia article on Breton language (alternative theory: Brittany developed as part of the western Celtic culture).
