The Celtic Tribes

Who were the Indo-Europeans?

                         About 4,000 years ago, a race of people living in southern Russia began to migrate westwards. These people are now known as Indo-Europeans, or Aryans. However, the language they spoke can be traced all along the routes of their migration. This has meant that some almost identical words have persisted throughout Asia and Europe.

                       Some of the Indo-European people migrated south into India and Persia, while others continued westwards into Turkey, Greece and Western Europe. Eventually, the Indo-Europeans gave rise to the Celts.

 

 

What are hill forts?

                     Hill forts were enormous circular earthworks, which were built on high ground. They were built by the Celts, who were a warlike race. When attacked, the Celts retired to their hill forts.

                   The banks of the hill forts were surrounded by deep ditches, and were probably topped with defensive wooden spikes. The defenders repelled attackers with showers of stones thrown from slingshots. Many regions formerly occupied by the Celts, such as Britain and France, still have the remains of hill forts.

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