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30000 BCE - 12000 BCECave art culture in Europe.
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c. 20000 BCECave painting flourishes in Spain and France, the most famous being the Cave of Lascaux in France.
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5000 BCEHierarchical societies emerge in southeast Europe.
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c. 5000 BCECultivation of peas in Europe.
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4300 BCEFirst megalithic tombs in Europe.
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3500 BCEFarming has spread across Europe.
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2800 BCE - 1900 BCEBell beaker culture in western Europe.
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2300 BCEBronze is used in the Aegean.
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2000 BCE - 1500 BCEWessex culture introduces bronze working to Britain.
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c. 2000 BCEBronze Age begins in Northern Europe.
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1500 BCEPastoral farming spreads across Eurasian steppes.
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1100 BCEDorian peoples occupy Greece.
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1100 BCEHillforts in western Europe.
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1000 BCEIron working in southern Europe.
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c. 900 BCECeltic Migration begins in Europe with many Celts landing in Scotland.
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c. 800 BCE - c. 600 BCEThe Early Iron Age Hallstatt culture is at its peak in central Europe.
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700 BCEIron in wide use across Europe.
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c. 513 BCE - c. 512 BCEDarius I of Persia campaigns against Scythians into European Scythia, past the Danube River, Scythians refuse to fight and Darius is forced to abandon the campaign due to lack of provisions.
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193 BCEThe Boii are defeated by the Romans, suffering, according to Livy, 14,000 dead.
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58 BCEJulius Caesar invades Gaul. Roman influence on the European tribes begins in earnest.
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300 CE - 700 CEMigration Age in Europe.