The+Celts

=The Celts=

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The Celts were an originally from the far East. They were a group of language developers which spread all over Europe the Indo-European language. The Celts lived in the Iron Age and lived all over Europe. Today the Celts live in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, the isle of man, Cornwall and in Brittany, France. Their culture was based on music, language and songs and literature. The Celts moved across Europe and settle in different countries. They spread the Indo-European language to many countries. The originally language ended up as many different dialects of the Indo-European language. In AD 43 the Romans invaded Britain and came with a new lifestyle and the new language Latin. The Romans became weaker and weaker and they finally left Britain AD 410. The Jutes, Angles and Saxons took the opportunity to settle on the lands belonging to the British Celts. After that some of the British Celts went north to Wales and Cornwall and some of them went over the sea what we today called northern France.======

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The Celts had many Gods and Goddesses. They sacrificed objects to make the Gods and the goddesses happy, so the Celts could live a good life. This meant that they killed animals and even humans to make them happy. They threw weapons in lakes and seas to satisfy their Gods. The Celts religion was almost a part of the natural world. They believed that the sun, the moon and the stars were very important. They saw them as forces in the natural world.======

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The druids were the Celts priests in the Iron Age. They were very important for the Celts, but today there is very little information about them. They were like our priests today and leaded all sorts of religious ceremonies. They were like the other Celts, but they had a higher rank. They were educated and respected in the tribe. The Romans wanted to limit the powers of the druids because they had so much power in the Iron Age society and the Celts respected them a lot. That’s the only information that are available today, in spite of that they were so important to the Celts. ======



A map that shows where the Celtic tribes lived, and the names of them + A map that shows where The Celts came from and how they spread.
A timeline that shows when The Celts lived..

By following the link below, you'll be led to a game, where you can dig up the past and read some information about some Celtic things, that's been exhumed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/celts/

By following the link below, you'll be able to watch a short film, that gives you some information about what the Celts looked like. http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/wales/eclips/media/video/eng_7to11_his_celts_lindowmanhead?size=4x3&bgc=C0C0C0&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1