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Article: Who Are the English?(races of people that have lived in the British Isles)
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- Faces: People, Places, and Cultures
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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Long ago, a land bridge connected the British Isles to the European continent. Historians believe hunters walked across in order to hunt. By the time the islands separated from the continent, about 20,000 people lived there. They used tools and had formal burials. They hunted, gathered, and farmed, but left no written record.
Celtic Britain
Celtic (KEL-tic) people crossed over from the continent about 1000 B.C. These fierce, tall, muscular warriors painted their faces blue and wore horned helmets and long mustaches. They rode horses and used chariots for battle. They were called Britons. They had their own laws and nobility and organized themselves into ...