Who were the Celts? Where did they come from?
An Indo-European people who conquered much of Western and Central Europe back in the late Bronze Age/early Iron Age. Like all Indo-Europeans they originally came from the Black Sea/Pontic Steppe region but Celts proper came about in the Alpine region. Look up the La Tene and Halstatt cultures for more.
>>484787
I thought there was nordic blood in there?
>>484832
In where?
>>484832
Celts and Germanic people have some relation but there is a notable linguistic distinction.
>>484676
A cultural and linguistic group that expanded into a very big part of western Europe, including significant portions of Spain and Italy. How it expanded is a matter of debate because mass migrations and total replacement of the locals is often not a popular theory compared to cultural assimilation (for a good reason). Celts were never a cohesionated or monolithic cultural group, let alone a single political entity.
Latins and germanics replaced them and they barely survive in a few small regions that were relatively far away from their original home in the Alps, like Bretagne, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.
>>484865
celtic and italic languages are more connected
>>484882
True, the similarities between Germanics and Celts are more genetic though there is still a significant distinction between them.
>>484876
Don't forget, most of present day Germany and Austria was Celtic before the late Iron Age. And only began to take on a Germanic identity during the Roman Empire
Who were the original British before the celts and Saxons?
>>485572
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonians
Never mind, googled it. Turns out that England is a land of dying civilizations.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3377264/Irish-people-descendants-farmers-MIDDLE-EAST-Ancient-Celtic-DNA-shows-agriculture-caused-wave-immigrants-Ireland.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3000998/Are-Welsh-truest-Brits-English-genomes-contain-German-French-DNA-Romans-left-no-trace.html
>>486027
(cont.) it turns out the British aren't quite Celtic
>inb4 dailymail
>>486027
The Middle Eastern farmers weren't Celts, they were conquered by the Celtic herder people who became known as the Gaels.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/dec/28/origins-of-the-irish-down-to-mass-migration-ancient-dna-confirms?CMP=fb_gu
>>484832
All Europeans have 'Nordic' blood at some point
>>486027
Damn, I didn't think Christopher Lee was ever young.
>>486027
I don't see how any of these is remotely surprising, considering.
