4. What is an Europe without Greece
if even name of it comes from
Greek mythology?
5. From where comes the name
Europe?
The name 'Europe’ has long been thought to have
been derived from the ancient myth of Zeus and
Europa.
6. Herodotus, however, does not believe the
tale of the Phoenician princess, theories
regarding the origin of the name 'Europe’
range from it being of Greek origin meaning
“wide gazing”, a reference to the breadth of
the shoreline as seen from sea or from the
Phoenician for “evening”, as in the place
where the sun would set. Today, as it was
in Herodotus’ time, no one can say for
certain where the name 'Europe' originated.
To the ancient Greeks, the Aegean sea and
environs were the center of the world. The
Phonecians regularly sailed across and up
the Atlantic to harvest tin from Europe at
Cornwall but, to the Greeks, Europe was a
dark continent (in the same way that 19th
and early 20th century Europeans CE would
later view Africa).
7. prehistoric - 12000 BCE
Cave art culture in Europe.
c. prehistoric
Cave painting flourishes in Spain and France, the
most famous being the Cave of Lascaux in France.
10. prehistoric town found to date in
Europe.
Archaeologists believe that the town
was home to some 350 people and
dates back to between 4700 and 4200
BC. That is about 1,500 years before
the start of ancient Greek civilisation.
4300 BCE
First megalithic tombs in Europe.
11. c. 2000 BCE-1500 BCE
Bronze Age begins in Northern Europe.
to Britain.
c. 1860 BCE
The beginning of construction
of Stonehenge in Britain.
1500 BCE
Pastoral farming spreads across
Eurasian steppes.
12. 1100 BCE
Dorian peoples occupy Greece.
1000 BCE
Iron working in southern Europe.
c. 900 BCE
Celtic Migration begins
in Europe with many Celts landing
in Scotland.
13. c. 800 BCE - c. 600 BCE
Early Iron Age culture
flourishes across Europe.
14. c. 513 BCE - c. 512 BCE
Darius I of Persia Campaigns
against
Scythians into European Scythia,
past the Danube River, Scythians
refuse to fight and Darius is forced
to abandon the campaign due to
lack of provisions.
15. c. 500 BCE - 450 BCE
Hallstatt kingdoms and chiefdoms
suddenly collapse for reasons
unclear.
193 BCE
The Boii are defeated by
the Romans, suffering, according
to Livy, 14,000 dead.
16. 58 BCE
Julius
Caesar invades Gaul. Roman inf
luence on the European tribes
begins in earnest.
300 CE - 700 CE
Migration Age in Europe.
