PDF-(EBOOK)-Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland

One of the worlds leading geneticists Bryan Sykes has helped thousands find their ancestry in the British Isles Saxons Vikings and Celts which resulted from a systematic tenyear DNA survey of more than 10000 volunteers traces the true genetic makeup of the British Isles and its descendants taking readers from the Pontnewydd cave in North Wales to the resting place of the Red Lady of Paviland and the tomb of King Arthur This illuminating guide provides a muchneeded introduction to the genetic history of the people of the British Isles and their descendants throughout the world. Verkhnedvinsk. Vitebsk Region. Belarus. Grade 9. Verkhnedvinsk. . Gymnasium. Who were the Celts?. From around 750 BC to 12 BC, the Celts were the most powerful people in central and northern Europe. There were many groups (tribes) of Celts, speaking a vaguely common language. The word Celt comes from the Greek word, . BY THOMAS. Pictures. WHO WERE THE CELTS. The Iron Age Celts lived in Britain before and after Jesus. We're going back a very, very long time - two thousand years ago, in fact.. Our years are numbered by starting at the year Jesus Christ was born - and the Iron Age Celts lived here 750 years before that. The Iron Age ended in AD43 (43 years after Jesus was born) when the Romans invaded Britain.. [THE WAR FOR ENGLAND]. PREVIOUSLY….. 5-6. th. C. Local Britons having problems with . Picts. , invite Anglo-Saxons over to help. Anglo Saxons want to stay, Britons give them Kent. They want more – they take it. Aleksandr. . Korabljov. Who were they?. The . most powerful people in central and northern . Europe. . (. 750 . BC to 12 . BC. ).. Common languages and culture.. The word Celt comes from the Greek word, . A brief history. Celts. The Celts are an ethnic group . that share a similar culture. . There are six Celtic areas left today: Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall (part of England) & Brittany (part of France). All of their native languages are making a comeback.. The Middle Ages. British Literature. 449-1485. Taken from . The Longman Anthology of British Literature. and *. The Language of Literature. The Celts. . Approx. 400 BC - The first British people were Celtic people (inhabitors of the British Isles and northern France, also called Brittany). Anglo-Saxon. Stonehenge. The earliest settlers in Britain were the Iberians.. This relatively small island has been invaded and settled many times:. Then the Celts. Then the Romans. Then the Angles and the Saxons. Elements of Literature. . by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.. Unit 1 – Lesson 1. Introduction to the Early Middle Ages – The Anglo-Saxons. In the fifth century, the Angles and Saxons invaded from Germany.. Some Anglo-Saxons came to Britain to fight, but others came peacefully, to find land to farm. The Anglo-Saxons knew Britain was a rich land. Their own lands often flooded, making it difficult to grow enough food. There was not enough land for everyone.. 449-1066 A. D. . Label the numbered sections on the map of Great Britain.. 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. Scotland. Northern Ireland. Ireland. Wales. England. Anglo-Saxons. English traditions and language owe something to each of the island’s invaders.. Historical Introduction to the Early Middle Ages. Unlike the works of ancient Greece or Rome, which date back to thousands of years B.C., what we generally know and study about British literature begins in the Middle Ages (449 AD. The Vikings came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark which are North of England.. Their . land was not fertile. It was rocky. They found it hard to grow crops.. They . found that England was rich with plentiful lands and treasures.. Hannah Brezovec . Melissa Dureiko. Cecily Peevler. Anglo-Saxon Religion. The Celts were a group of people who occupied the British Isles to Galatia. They seemed to have a form of animism. Their gods and spirits controlled every aspect of existence and had to be satisfied constantly. . Who were the Vikings? . Vikings . scallywabbed. their . enimies. . beetween. 793AD to 1066 AD when they were defeated by the Normans.. Some . V. ikings were horrible . a. nd some Vikings were friendly settlers..