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The Climate the Population The Climate The Features: Milder Changeable Foggy Rivers Rivers: The Severn River (the longest one) The Thames River (the second largest and most important river) Lakes Lakes Lough Neagh (in Northern Ireland): popular with yachtsmen and walkers Loch Ness (in Northern Scotland): popular for the Loch Ness monster Language Language: English Welsh: Welsh is an ancient Celtic language, more different from English than English is from French or German Scottish Gaelic The English The Germanic Anglos → the Norman French → The Danes / Vikings It was from the union of Norman conquerors and the defeated Anglo-Saxons that the English people and the English language were born. A cockney The Welsh The significance of Welsh to Wales The “Eisteddfod”: An annual national cultural festival of music, literature and drama is held alternately in North and South Wales during the first week in August. The Scots They have their own legal and educational system, religion and administration. Scottish national consciousness is cultural and sentimental, and not much concerned with language. The Highlanders: “devils in skirts” or “ladies from hell” The Irish The Irish Republic Army (IRA) In Dec. 1993 “Downing Street Declaration” In Sept. 1994 the IRA announced a cease-fire The public talks remain difficult The Origins of a Nation The Early Settlement Introduction History is an interweaving of events and people, and it’s not just about kings and queens, it’s about ordinary people and how events influenced them, and on occasions how they influenced events. Introduction 4000 BC to 1066 The Dawn of Civilization to the Norman Conquest 1066 to 1660 The Norman Conquest to Cromwell 1660 to 1918 Cromwell to the End of WWI Britain in the 20th Century Iberians The First Immigrants: Iberians from Iberian Peninsular about 5,000 years ago The Stonehenge: the stone monuments built by t