Time Period, Geography, Language, Currency and Religion All In One Post!

Time Period

The Celts were thought to have lived since the iron age in 600 BC and still exist today although the culture has changed a lot over the years there are still some parts that still exist, Because the Celts weren't educated they didn't record their history until much later on and  it is difficult to know exactly how long they have been around for. 

Geography

Around 400 BC the Celts grew and spread across a lot of Europe, then as the Roman Empire grew later in history the Celts were pushed into Ireland, Britan and Northern France. The below map is where the Celts lived many years ago, they spread across Europe and then later on settled mostly in Ireland, Britan, Wales and Scotland, also parts of France. 

This map is of the Celtic Empire later on showing how it grew across Europe. 

The dark Green on this map shows the Celtic Kingdom of today

Language

Its was their Gaelic language that was similar and grouped the ancient Celts together they did not write a lot down but the culture was passed down by poets and story tellers so that when they did begin to write things down they had a very rich culture to record. Today the word CELTS refers to the cultures languages and people that live in Scotland, Ireland and other part of the British isles and Brittany in France. Today six Celtic languages have survived. 

•  Irish Gaelic

• Scots Gaelic

• Manx Gaelic

• Welsh 

• Breton 

• Cornish 

Currency

The Celts used coins from, they copied the designs from the Greek when they first started using them, even today there are Greek motifs and even letters on different Celtic Coins, mostly in France. There are many different Celtic Coins, some say they had a lot of influence on the British coinage of today. Here are some picture of Celtic Coins, they had images such as The images found on Celtic coins include giants with cut off heads on ropes, horsemen charging into battle, gods and godesses, shulls and chariot wheels, thunderbolts and lightening, the sun and the moon.

The Celtic coins were made of gold, silver or potin. 

Religion

The Ancient Celts of the Iron Age were superstitious people. the Celtic Priest were called Druids and it was believed they were the link between the supernatural world and the human world. Most people think that they know how to read and write and they show they know mathematics and tracing the stars and planets. They believed in over 400 gods and godesses. When St Patrick introduced education to the Celtic race he also introduced Christianity which is a large part of the Celtic Culture today. He introduced the Shamrock, The three leaves of the Shamrock were the symbol of the father, the son and the holy spirit.        

Here is the picture of the Shamrock.