Bronze Age Gaul

Bronze Age Gaul appears on the timeline as a people or culture of France and the Low Countries (Europe) from c. 1800 to 800 BCE, a span of 1,000 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Farming communities of Bronze Age France, from the Rhone culture of the early period to the urnfield groups of the east and the sword-making workshops of the Atlantic west.

See Bronze Age Gaul on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 1800 to 800 BCE
Duration: 1,000 years
Type: People or culture
Region: France and the Low Countries, Europe
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Became

Gauls c. 800 to 50 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
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
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Bronze Age Gaul exist?

c. 1800 to 800 BCE, about 1,000 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Bronze Age Gaul?

France and the Low Countries, in Europe.

What language did Bronze Age Gaul speak?

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

What came after Bronze Age Gaul?

Gauls.