11. Greek Art Inspired the Development of Celtic Culture.
Greek pottery and metalwork certainly made an impression on the Celts. However, they weren’t just satisfied with trading for it; instead, they began to imitate it. Then in 540 BC, the contact between the two cultures was broken when the Carthaginians blocked Greek trade in the western Mediterranean, cutting off the trade routes between the Greeks and the Celts. This separation lasted for around fifty years, but during that time, the Celts fermented the inspirational ideas they had absorbed from the Greeks to create an utterly unique art form.
