The Anglo-Saxon invasion of migration into ancient England inhabited by Celts, as it defined in feature in the history of England and Britain in general. But what if this didn't happen and there was no influx of Anglo-Saxons into ancient England? The vantage point of history allows us to look back on events after they happened, but this creates a problem. Reading these events after they happened gives the impression there are foregone conclusion, like what else could have happened. A new Ferguson's appearance on the townferris podcast, it goes through the importance of asking the following question, what if things happen differently? In other words, history is not a foregone conclusion. So very briefly, the Anglo-Saxon migration or invasion into ancient Britain refers to the period just following the Roman withdrawal of Britannia in 410 AD. When groups of Angles and Saxons from places such as ancient Germany and ancient Denmark, this general region in the northwest of Europe, Denmark, Netherlands, parts of Germany began flooding across the channel into ancient England. Frisia was one region in parts of modern Germany and modern Netherlands, where the Anglo-Saxons are thought to have came from. They were initially invited by the ancient Britons to defend them against attacks from the likes of the picks and the scot-eye, but they then began flooding into ancient England at an alarming rate. If there was no Anglo-Saxon settlement of ancient Britain, the greatest consequence would have been that the English language wouldn't have been for them. English itself is a West Germanic language, and its name comes from the Angles themselves. Although English itself over the years has been influenced by French Latin and also Old Noss. English is a Germanic language or West Germanic language, and Old English itself is actually very Germanic, and in fact a synonym for Old English is Anglo-Saxon. Prior to the Anglo-Saxon settling in ancient Britain, the people of Britain called Britons, spoke a Celtic language, called Common Britonic, or Variations of this language for the most part. If there was no Anglo-Saxon settlement of ancient Britain, Britonic and other Celtic languages may still be the dominant languages in these lands. Of course Celtic languages are still spoken, and many parts of Britain today, Welsh and Scottish Gallic, being two examples, but English is largely the dominant language on average. The genetic makeup of the English people would also be different today, without the Anglo-Saxons migrating and invading into ancient England, and in fact the term English of course wouldn't be used. The people of the British Ios study found that large parts of the Easter and southern parts of England form a single genetic group, with between 10 and 40 per cent Anglo-Saxon ancestry. However, these people still retained the DNA of the ancient people of Britain. In certain geographical regions of England, the genetic legacy of the Anglo-Saxons was most pronounced. One study that looked to the East Anglic population found that 38 per cent of those people's ancestry is derived from the Anglo-Saxon migrations. Another consequence of there was no Anglo-Saxon migration on invasion into ancient England is that there wouldn't be or probably wouldn't be, a legacy, a Celtic legacy, in Britain today. The only reason that bred on one of the Celtic languages still spoken today is spoken in Britain, is because during the Anglo-Saxon migrations in invasions, over centuries essentially, some people from ancient England, an ancient Britain, migrated into Britain today, bringing their Celtic language common-birthonic with them. People migrating from Britain into Britain, as the reason why bred on is a Celtic language spoken in Britain today. What other consequences would there have been if the Anglo-Saxons hadn't settled in ancient England? Please let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Obviously, the Kingdom of England wouldn't have been formed with the same name, but would a Kingdom in the geographical region that we call England today still have been formed? Like I say, please let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Thanks for watching and I'll speak to you next time.