England Before the English: Whose Island Is It Really?
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This video covers the history of England before the English; the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain; the hardships of the ancient Celts, Neolithic tribes, and other inhabitants of the island.
00:00 – Did the main character of the English fight against the English?
1:53 - A Favorite Urban Legend About the Origins of England
3:26 - These People Came to the Island on Foot
5:08 - This Is What a British Resident Looked Like 9,000 Years Ago
6:17 - Why Stonehenge Was Built
10:10 - The Main Riddle About the Builders of Stonehenge
11:06 - How the Ancient Celts Privatized an Island and Left Their Mark on the Continent
13:27 - The Tribes of the Britons: Britain Becomes Britain
15:45 - Traces of Celtic Civilization in the English Language
18:11 - How the Motley Kingdoms of the Britons Befriended Europe
20:36 - Julius Caesar's Attempts to Infiltrate the Island
22:32 - How Roman Britain Actually Began
25:40 - The Most Violent Celtic Revolt Against Rome
27:33 - How the Celts They pretended to be Romans
29:04 - How the Romans folded up
31:39 - The Celts have no peace: the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes appear
35:30 - How the Anglo-Saxons got it from everyone around them
37:55 - And it could have been like this
39:00 - When the Scandinavians started pestering the island
41:58 - How England almost became part of Norway
43:29 - The main question for everyone