Lusatian culture

Lusatian culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Central Europe (Europe) from c. 1300 to 500 BCE, a span of 800 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Urnfield farmers of Poland and eastern Germany who built fortified settlements such as Biskupin, raised on its lake island around 740 BCE. Scythian raids hastened their decline.

See Lusatian culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 1300 to 500 BCE
Duration: 800 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Central Europe, Europe
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Events in Europe during its time

1200 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse
776 BCE First Olympic Games
753 BCE Traditional founding of Rome
508 BCE Athenian democracy

Neighbours in Europe

Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE
Athens 508 to 322 BCE
Sparta c. 900 to 192 BCE
Etruscan civilization c. 720 to 90 BCE
Kingdom of Macedon c. 700 to 168 BCE
Syracuse c. 734 to 212 BCE
Mycenaean Greece c. 1600 to 1100 BCE
Roman Kingdom c. 753 to 509 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
Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Lusatian culture exist?

c. 1300 to 500 BCE, about 800 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Lusatian culture?

Central Europe, in Europe.

What language did Lusatian culture speak?

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