• Europe 1500 BC

The people of Europe now live in Bronze Age cultures, ruled for the most part by powerful chiefs and warrior elites. Much of eastern and central Europe is now home to Indo-European speakers, ancestors of the Celts, Germans, Italians and Illyrians.

In the south east corner of the continent, in Greece, an important development in world history has taken place. Civilization has arrived from the Middle East, with its already ancient cities and empires, by way of Crete and the Aegean.

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Crete and Mycenae

Related Timelines:
Timeline of World History

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