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1、IrelandNationalemblemNationalflagoutlineGeographyHistoryPoliticsEconomyCultureAdviceforconversationGeographyIrelandisasmallislandoffthenorthwestcostofGreatBritain,dividedfromScotlandbyanarrowstraitofwater.TheRepublicofIrelandisintotal70,282squarekilometersPopulation:4,203,200(July,2009)Aringofco
2、astalmountainssurroundlowplainsatthecentreoftheisland.Irelandhasamildbutchangeableoceanicclimatewithfewextremes.Theclimateisperfectformanydomesticanimals(suchascowsandhorses)andforgrowinggrass.HistoryPre-historyTheearliestsettlersarrivedaround7000BCinthemiddlestoneageperiod.Rivalcolonialistsofth
3、enewstoneageperiodreachedaround3000BC.Thesewerefarmerswhoraisedanimalsandcultivatedthesoil.Withinaboutanotherthousandyears,around2000BC,prospectorsandmetalworkersarrived.ItisthoughtthatasecondwaveofpeoplereachedIrelandaround1200BC.Theyarestillnameless,butbuiltontheachievementsofthepresentinhabit
4、ants.TheCeltsTheCeltswerecommonlythoughttohavecometoIrelandasearlyasthe6thcenturyBC,withsubsequentgroupsarrivinguptothetimeofChrist.TheCeltshaddeepinfluenceonIreland.AmongallthelegaciesoftheCelts,itistheirlanguagethathasprovedthemostlasting.Alongwiththelanguage,theCeltsalsobroughtaninstrumentofs
5、ocialandculturalunityandalegalsystemtotheisland.ThecomingofChristianityChristianitywasintroducedintoIrelandsometimeinthe5thcentury.Traditionally,itwassaidtohavebeenbroughtbySaintPatrick.AlthoughthereweresomeChristiansinIrelandbeforePatrick'sarrival,bythetimeofhisdeathin461AD,thewholeislandwaseff
6、ectivelyChristian.TheMiddleAgesFromaround800onwardsVikingsmaraudersattackedIreland,aswellasEngland.TheVikingsweregreattradersanddidmuchtodevelopcommerceinmedievalIreland.The11thand12thcenturiesareoftenregardedasaperiodofprogressinIreland.Culturalactivityintheartsprospered.Itwasagreateraofreligio
7、usreformandapowerfuleffortwasmadetobringthechurchmorefullyintolinewithRomanCatholicorthodoxy.TheNormansarrivedin1167—1169.In1171,theNormans’overlord,HenryⅡ,thekingofEngland,managedtoestablishhimselfasoverlordoftheIreland.Ear
