Middle and Late Bronze Age Britain

Middle and Late Bronze Age Britain appears on the timeline as a people or culture of British Isles (Europe) from c. 1500 to 800 BCE, a span of 700 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Farmers who laid out field systems and roundhouses and threw bronze weapons into rivers as offerings. Flag Fen and the stilt village at Must Farm date from this period.

See Middle and Late Bronze Age Britain on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 1500 to 800 BCE
Duration: 700 years
Type: People or culture
Region: British Isles, Europe
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Became

Iron Age Britons c. 800 BCE to 43 CE

Events in Europe during its time

1200 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse

Neighbours in Europe

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE
Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE
Sparta c. 900 to 192 BCE
Mycenaean Greece c. 1600 to 1100 BCE
Phoenician colonies in Iberia c. 800 to 237 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Middle and Late Bronze Age Britain exist?

c. 1500 to 800 BCE, about 700 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Middle and Late Bronze Age Britain?

British Isles, in Europe.

What language did Middle and Late Bronze Age Britain speak?

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

What came after Middle and Late Bronze Age Britain?

Iron Age Britons.