Apennine culture

Apennine culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Italy (Europe) from c. 1600 to 1150 BCE, a span of 450 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Middle Bronze Age herders of central and southern Italy who moved flocks between mountain and lowland pastures. Mycenaean pottery reached their coastal sites.

See Apennine culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 1600 to 1150 BCE
Duration: 450 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Italy, Europe
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Became

Proto-Villanovan culture c. 1200 to 900 BCE

Events in Europe during its time

1600 BCE Thera eruption
1200 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse

Neighbours in Europe

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE
Mycenaean Greece c. 1600 to 1100 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Apennine culture exist?

c. 1600 to 1150 BCE, about 450 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Apennine culture?

Italy, in Europe.

What language did Apennine culture speak?

Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.

What came after Apennine culture?

Proto-Villanovan culture.