Proto-Villanovan culture

Proto-Villanovan culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Italy (Europe) from c. 1200 to 900 BCE, a span of 300 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Late Bronze Age people of Italy who cremated their dead in urnfields like those north of the Alps. They form the background to the Villanovan and Latial cultures.

See Proto-Villanovan culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 1200 to 900 BCE

Duration

300 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Italy, Europe

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Came from

• Apennine culture c. 1600 to 1150 BCE

Became

• Villanovan culture c. 900 to 720 BCE

Events in Europe during its time

• 1200 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse

Neighbours in Europe

• Sparta c. 900 to 192 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
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East

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