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The Early History of GB 河北工业大学英语系 许亚明 Iberians The first known settlers of British people were Iberians. They came to Britain 3,000 BC—— 2，000 BC during the New Stone Age. They probably came from the Iberian peninsula, now Spain. Tribal Society and clansman; They were farming folk who kept animals and grew crops. Stonehenge 巨石阵 （Salisbury） Celts By the end of the Bronze Age, around 700 BC, Celtic people had arrived from northwestern Europe, now France, Belgium and southern Germany. Celts are tall in height, blonde 金发的 in hair fair hair and somewhat aggressive. Their language was called the Celtic language. Iron-working, a new technique The Celtic tribes are ancestors of the Highland Scots, the Irish and the Welsh, and their languages are the basis of both Welsh and Gaelic. Gaels and Brythons Romans British recorded history begins with the Roman invasion. In 55BC, Julius Caesar, the great Roman general, invaded Britain for the first time. He landed in Kent with several thousand men. He met resistance and bad weather, so he decided to withdraw. He returned the following year. Yet, the successful invasion did not take place until nearly a century later, in AD 43, headed by the Roman Legions of the Emperor Claudius. They brought with them their laws, taxes, engineering skills, architecture and social system as well as their language——Latin. They also brought the new religion —— Christianity, to Britain. Christianity came at first by indirect means, probably brought by traders and soldiers, and was quite well established later. The Romans made good use of Britain’s natural resources, mining lead, iron and tin and manufacturing pottery. Though, the Romans gave the Britons a good deal of their civilization, they never settled in Britain in large numbers. The end of Roman’s Conquer Civil War of Roman They departed in AD410. They left behind a well-established Celtic-Roman culture：Welsh Christianity, the Roman style roads and cities London . Anglo-S