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Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the Germanic tribes who invaded the south and east of Great Britain during the early 5th century AD. These tribes were the Angles (from Angeln), the Saxons (from Lower Saxony), and the Jutes (from Jutland). The term is also used to refer to the inhabitants of England just prior to the Norman Conquest in 1066 AD. The term "Celtic" refers to the peoples who were know to the ancient Greeks as Keltoi and to the Romans as Celtae. This refers to a large number of tribes groups spread widely over Western Europe, speaking common or similar languages, and ranging from parts of the British Isles through France, Spain, and parts of Germany, as well as E. Europe, and Asia Minor. The Celts occupied Britain before the Anglo-Saxons and their languages were not similar.

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