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| c. 1200 BC |
| | | Mysterious raiders from the sea cause chaos throughout the eastern Mediterranean, from Greece to Palestine and Egypt | |
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| c. 1200 BC |
| | | The Philistines settle in the region which, as Palestine, will become known by their name | |
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| c. 550 BC |
| | | The Sinhalese, after moving south through India, cross into Sri Lanka | |
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| c. 500 BC |
| | | The Lapps, hunters of reindeer, have Scandinavia to themselves before the arrival of Germanic tribes | |
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| c. 500 BC |
| | | The Celts, moving west from central Europe, settle in France and northern Spain | |
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| c. 300 BC |
| | | The Celts move across the Channel into Britain, soon becoming the dominant ethnic group in the island | |
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| c. 200 BC |
| | | Seafarers reach and colonize the Pacific island of Samoa | |
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| 176 BC |
| | | The Yuezhi, defeated by the Xiongnu, move west - before eventually descending into Bactria and northwest India | |
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| 102 BC |
| | | The Roman general Gaius Marius defeats the Teutones, a German tribe which has made deep inroads into southern Gaul | |
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| 101 BC |
| | | A German tribe, the Cimbri, press into northern Italy until they are defeated at Vercellae and driven out of the peninsula | |
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