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The Celts were a good civilization for their time. They did not associate with the other tribes and kingdoms, of their own but had very similar culture, battle techniques and other things much alike. They had no on leader of them all but were successful in taking over almost all of Northern Europe. They fought between themselves and had enough of an army left to wage battle on other civilizations. From the Celts __**we can learn about the importance of unification, arts and battle techniques that are being used today.**__

Cooperation was one of the many things that the Celts did. It helped them prosper into a very large interconnected kingdom, but it also lead to their downfall. The Celts had separate kingdoms and clans that would trade and fight. This lead to them being taken over by one unified kingdom and thus extinction of the Celtic People. The fact that the separate clans fought and did not cooperate effiecntly lead to their downfall. If every person in this school were to fight amongst themselves we would be easily taken over by another school, whereas if we were to fight as a large school and pool our resources and strengths together we could defend against large schools and armies. Clearly this aspect of unification is even more valid today in Quebec. Separating from Canada, they wouldn’t be able to stand up against other countries and their people wouldn’t be very happy. Although the strong points of this free society is that many clans can be more dominant and prosper. This theory of working together applies thought out the ages and the Celts were an example of a successful and unsuccessful, culture to employ this thinking. Although it is strange that even though individual Celtic clan society was highly organized, they couldn’t organize clans and kingdoms together.

In Celtic culture the arts play the same major role as they do in many societies. They help us identify the specific kingdoms of the Celts and the periods are also defined by the change in arts. Arts influenced them from the coins that they produced to the chariots they made for war. Many things were influenced by arts. They also took many aspects from different cultures like the Greeks. We also are heavily influenced by other cultures around us and by past arts as well.

The Celts also gave us some important battle techniques that are still in use today. They used the carnyx, an musical instrument that would worry and frighten the enemy. There are parallels that can be drawn from a focused sound device that is used in the US army. This sends high-pitched noises directed to a location at a high frequency. It may not be the same, but this idea had been used by the Celts.

The Celts have given us many things that are still being used today. The Celts added their take on the arts which still inspires people today. The have a great history of cooperation with one another and with many other civilizations around them. Unfortunately one of the most powerful civilizations started to expand at the time when the Celts were at their peak. Their philosophies and technologies are helping people today. That’s what I would define as a great Civilization.