Nuragic civilization

Nuragic civilization appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Italy (Europe) from c. 1800 to 238 BCE, a span of 1,562 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

The people of Sardinia, who built around 7,000 stone towers called nuraghi and cast bronze figurines. Carthage took the coasts, and Rome seized the whole island in 238 BCE.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1800 to 238 BCE

Duration

1,562 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Italy, Europe

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Events in Europe during its time

• 1600 BCE Thera eruption
• 1200 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse
• 776 BCE First Olympic Games
• 753 BCE Traditional founding of Rome
• 508 BCE Athenian democracy
• 480 BCE Battle of Salamis
• 334 BCE Alexander invades Persia

Neighbours in Europe

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE
• Empire of Alexander the Great 336 to 323 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

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
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
• Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE, Middle East
• Maurya Empire 322 to 185 BCE, South Asia

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