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The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
Whilst there are a great number of perspectives that can be taken on the subject, it is impossible to form a single, all-embracing concept of European culture. [2] Nonetheless, there are core elements which are generally agreed upon as forming the cultural foundation of modern Europe. [3] One list of these elements given by K. Bochmann includes ...
Old Europe is a term coined by the Lithuanian archaeologist Marija Gimbutas to describe what she perceived as a relatively homogeneous pre-Indo-European Neolithic and Copper Age culture or civilisation in Southeast Europe, centred in the Lower Danube Valley. [1] [2] [3] Old Europe is also referred to in some literature as the Danube ...
Various pre-Indo-European substrates have been postulated, but remain speculative; the "Pelasgian" and "Tyrsenian" substrates of the Mediterranean world, an "Old European" (which may itself have been an early form of Indo-European), a "Vasconic" substrate ancestral to the modern Basque language, [84] or a more widespread presence of early Finno ...
Old Europe (archaeology) (c. 6500 – c. 2800 BC), a culture of Neolithic Europe; Old European languages, the mostly unknown languages that were spoken in Europe prior to the spread of the Indo-European and Uralic families; Old European script, Vinča symbols; Old European hydronymy (c. 2500 – c. 1500 BC), in Central and Western Europe "Old ...
According to Marija Gimbutas, the Vinča culture was part of Old Europe – a relatively homogeneous, peaceful and matrifocal culture that occupied Europe during the Neolithic. According to this hypothesis its period of decline was followed by an invasion of warlike, horse-riding Proto-Indo-European tribes from the Pontic–Caspian steppe . [ 40 ]
The expression Ancient Europe may be used in a variety of senses: The ancient concept of Europa in Greek geography, in origin "the landmass adjacent to Thrace" Europa (ancient geography) Europa (Roman province), in the Diocese of Thrace; The territory of Europe (the continent according to its modern definition) in "ancient times":
The study of the religion and ritual of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture has provided important insights into the early history of Europe. The Cucuteni–Trypillia culture inhabited the present-day southeastern European nations of Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine during the Neolithic and Copper Ages (c. 5500–2750 BC). It left behind many ...