The Beatles were one of the most successful and influential rock bands of the 20th century. The group was formed by the "Fab Four": John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals), and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). From Liverpool to Global Domination Formed in Liverpool in 1960, they dominated the British and international charts from 1962 to 1970. In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity sparked a global phenomenon known as "Beatlemania." As their music grew in sophistication—led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney—the band evolved from pop idols into the embodiment of the 1960s counterculture. They experimented with psychedelia, Indian classical music, and studio techniques that changed the face of the recording industry forever. A Prolific Legacy The Beatles wrote over 200 songs (including 186 original compositions released during their active years). Their catalog includes timeless mast...
The Celts were Indo-European tribes from Europe and Asia Minor in pre-Roman times.
The Celts that settled in England were split into many different clans, each ruled by a leader.
Leader was warrior and good administrator to work out disagreements with other clans.
The Celts were an advanced society: they made iron weapons, wove their clothes and were experienced farmers and hunters.
They lived in hill forts surrounded by strong walls.
The Celts believed that every natural element had a deity living in it.
They counted on Druids, who understood nature and the world around them.
Celtic art in Britain survives in a few artefacts and monuments, but hardly at all in a literary form as runes.
In 55-54 B.C. Julius Caesar made military expeditions to Britain, but the Roman Conquest of Britain only began in 43 A.D. under Emperor Claudius.
The Romans occupied the area of the current England and Wales and, in order to protect themselves from the Celts, they built a long wall in the north of modern England called Hadrian's Wall(122 A.D.).
This wall, later moved even further north (Antonin's Wall, 142) marks the current border between England and Scotland.
Romans built towns like Londinium, Leicester, Manchester, and road systems.

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