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Before the Celts.

Prehistory

-800,000

-25,000 - the first settlement in the British Isles- the end of the Ice Age. One of the periods in Ice

Age finishes, the Ice melts and what emerges from the ice is Iush forest. The forest attracts the

hunters from the south of Europę. The hunters move to the South Britain. During that time Britain

was a peninsula and not an Island. They could have wandered unchecked and

settled in what is now

Britain

-18,000 -habitation ceases- the Ice Age hits again!

-10,000 -settlement resumed -Continuous settlement of what is now Great Britain

-7000-5000 BC - Global Warming. Melts the Ice. Sea Level rises. Britain becomes an Island. It is

SEPARATED(Alienated! Cut Off! Isolated! Disconnected!) from the Main Land Europę. Despite

the bad juju of the word, this brought some good stuff. It did not in fact lead to isolation! It

increased the amount of contact between the mainland Europę and British Island. It in fact is a

beginning of British being expert sailors!

-4000 BC - Neolithic Revolution - Transit i on from the nomadic lifestyle to settlements. Man learns

how to cultivate crops, elear forests, rare animals. Culture and civilization begins. (Recommended

reading —► Norman Davis; Karen Armstrong A Short History of Myth Orkney, north of Scotland —> Skara Brae —> Europe's most complete Neolithic Village discovered in 1815.

-Iberians -3000 BC

-The Beaker People - 2000 BC