The Unwritten Prehistoric History of Britain

History of early Britain The early existence of people on the British Isles are described as prehistoric and referred to as unwritten history of Britain. The geographical position of the land was both a blessing and a problem: on the one hand the insular position protected the country from invasions, on the other – the lowland facing the continent always invited invasions. Britain has not always been an island. After the end of the last ice age the temperature rose and the ice cap melted, flooding the lower – lying land that is now under the North Sea and the English Channel. About 3000 years bc. the British Isles were inhabited by a people who came to be known as the Iberians. They probably came from either the Iberian peninsula or even from North African coast. They were small, dark and long – headed people and may be the forefathers of dark haired inhabitants of Wales and Cornwall today. After 2400 bc new groups of people arrived from Europe. They were round -headed and strongly built, taller. These people were called the beaker people because they could make clay mugs or beakers. They brought with them from Europe a new cereal, barley, which could grow anywhere.
Around 700 bc, another group of people called the Celts began to arrive. Many of them were tall, had fair hair and blue eyes. The Celtic tribes called the Picts penetrated into the north, At first Scots settled in Ireland, later they came back to the larger island and settled in the North beside the Picts. Celtic tribes called the Britons settled in the south east portion of the British Isles. The Celtic tribes were ruled by Druids or warrior chiefs. They were technically advanced, knew how to work with iron and could make better weapons. Iberians were unable to fight back the attacks of the Celts , many of them were slain, the others mixed with the Celts. The Celts are important in British history because they are ancestors