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30000 BCE - 12000 BCE
Cave art culture in Europe.
c. 20000 BCE
Cave painting flourishes in Spain and France, the most famous being the Cave of Lascaux in France.
5000 BCE
Hierarchical societies emerge in southeast Europe.
c. 5000 BCE
Cultivation of peas in Europe.
4300 BCE
First megalithic tombs in Europe.
3500 BCE
Farming has spread across Europe.
2800 BCE - 1900 BCE
Bell beaker culture in western Europe.
2300 BCE
Bronze is used in the Aegean.
2000 BCE - 1500 BCE
Wessex culture introduces bronze working to Britain.
c. 2000 BCE
Bronze Age begins in Northern Europe.
1500 BCE
Pastoral farming spreads across Eurasian steppes.
1100 BCE
Dorian peoples occupy Greece.
1100 BCE
Hillforts in western Europe.
1000 BCE
Iron working in southern Europe.
c. 900 BCE
Celtic Migration begins in Europe with many Celts landing in Scotland.
c. 800 BCE - c. 600 BCE
The Early Iron Age Hallstatt culture is at its peak in central Europe.
700 BCE
Iron in wide use across Europe.
c. 513 BCE - c. 512 BCE
Darius 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.
193 BCE
The Boii are defeated by the Romans, suffering, according to Livy, 14,000 dead.
58 BCE
Julius Caesar invades Gaul. Roman influence on the European tribes begins in earnest.
300 CE - 700 CE
Migration Age in Europe.