TY  - BOOK
AU  - Young,Simon
TI  - The Celtic revolution: in search of two thousand forgotten years that changed our world 
SN  - 9781906142438 (hbk.) :
AV  - D70 
U1  - 936.4 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - [London?]
PB  - Gibson Square
KW  - Celts
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - Civilization, Celtic
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Archaeology
KW  - thema
KW  - European history
KW  - Ancient history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 'The Celtic Revolution' shows how the Celtic Empire ruled the world from Spain to Egypt for 2000 years in a way that shaped the way we think and live today; Authoritative major reassessment of Celts as the people who first dominated Europe for two thousand years. Whereas we think of the Romans as crucially important to the modern world, we romantically see the Celts as a people living on the fringes in Ireland, Scotland and France, faced with extinction. In this extraordinary new book, acclaimed historian Simon Young overhauls that preconception. The Celtic Revolution shows how the Celtic Empire ruled the world from Spain to Egypt for two thousand years in a way that shaped the way we think and live today. As modern life is
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