The Celts: From Humble Stone Age Beginnings on Eurasian Steppe w/Classical Greece & Rome for Dominance in the Western World
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The Celts are an ancient Indo-European people who originated in the Eurasian steppe region. They progressed through stone age and then bronze age cultures and into the iron age as the Hallstatt and La Téne cultures. They initially populated Europe north of the Alps mts. and southwest of the Rhine River. From there, their fierce warriors conquered and occupied
northern Italy, southern France and much of Iberia. They also expanded eastward into the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and even made inroads into Egypt. Their eventual decline began in conflict with the powerful, emergent Roman empire, which eventually expelled the Celts from continental Europe and western Asia. The Celts then took refuge in Britain but were eventually pushed out by the Romans and then by the Anglo-Saxons. They finally took refuge in Ireland and western Scotland, where the Celtic (Gaelic) language is still spoken and is being actively preserved and perpetuated.