Terramare culture

Terramare culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Italy (Europe) from c. 1700 to 1150 BCE, a span of 550 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Bronze Age villages of the Po plain built on raised mounds ringed by moats and embankments, abandoned suddenly around 1150 BCE.

See Terramare culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 1700 to 1150 BCE
Duration: 550 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

Neighbours in Europe

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 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
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Terramare culture exist?

c. 1700 to 1150 BCE, about 550 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Terramare culture?

Italy, in Europe.

What language did Terramare culture speak?

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