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Old 05-11-2009, 22:57   #8
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Re: origin of this country

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Originally Posted by MargaretR View Post
You forgot to mention-
the beaker people (earliest known inhabitants identified by their pottery)
the celts (a gradual migration across the whole of Europe)
the 'roman auxiliaries' who were born in all the conquered nations of the empire
(few roman born romans actually stayed when the empire collapsed)
the angles
the saxons
the jutes
...to name only the ones before the Norman conquest
The Beaker people came from the low countries, and the history of Delft pottery, many centuries later, can be linked to their ancient forefathers.
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