The Pre-Bronze age history of France
Cave paintings found in the caves of the Parisian Hills
The Neolithic tribes that lived in the lands of modern France had quickly abandoned hunting and fishing in favor of agriculture once they had learned how to harvest crops. The lush forest of the Parisian region was not cleared for some time, since at first population growth was slow despite the adoption of agriculture. Not only this, but clearing forests was hard with stone tools, this may have encouraged the tribes to domesticate animals as a supplement. In earlier times they had hunted the plentiful cattle and sheep of the clearings it is not hard to imagine domestication taking place. Some early mining efforts can be found in the Easter hills, these “mines” most likely date to the relatively short Copper Age. The end of this period had seen establishment of several small permanent communities (Paris I) on the site of modern Paris.
A reconstruction of a FranCeltic village
The Copper age culture (3200-2300BC) seems to have had contact with some of the inhabitants of other more distant lands, some evidence of an early Mongolian and Dutch contact exists. The tribes were not unified at this time and little can be said of their culture. The culture of the conglomerate pseudo-city of Paris I was definitely Celtic in nature, the political arangement was most likley some kind tribal alliance under a cheiftan, simlar to the later "King of the Clans" arrangement. The culture of the population in surrounding forests is not known.
What is know that the Fran-Cletic tribes, mingled with two major separate groups. One called the Aquileian by modern historians the other one called Germanic. The Aquilenas had a profound cultural influence; they had vague linguistic, but not cultural similarities, to the Carpathians of the time. Their language replaced the Celtic language very quickly. This coincides with the settlement of Pairs II, so some conquest may have taken place in this period. The second group arrived just before the Bronze age, their language seems to be related closely to the Dutch and American language, they lost their cultural identity quickly however. The lingual mix that remained would become French and the clannish structure even though it had survived would slowly wither, signaling the diminishing importance of Celtic heritage in French cultural identity.
A Clan noble, with his companions while on a mission of trade and exploration.
The third millenium BC, is sometimes called the first age of exploration, for many clansmen with warriors entourages traveled beyond the river Loire, to the far West. This was possible because the local were either not developed enough or did not mind explorers passing in the nearly empty lands they claimed. The Mongols did mind, the French respected these wishes, since the open plains were no place for lone warriors used to the forests and hills of Parisia. They sought adventure, profit, recoginiton as great warrior or were
even sent by the leader of the allaince of clans on a "quest" of exploration.
Contact was made with the "Arabs" of the land of the rivers. It's not clear why the early French visitors to those lands thought of the early Ottomans as Arabs. They probably linked them to the legendary enemies of the lost Western Aquileans or the Western Romanic Empire. Some obscure references to Ottoman legends about a people called "the Bysant" do exist, and they seem culturally similar to the ancient Aquileans, but French sources do not elaborate on this. The Western Aquileans and the lost Continent of Greekantis probably both belong to the realm of myth. The Arabs if they ever existed were probably a dead or dying culture by 3000BC. It is possible they had become a minor desert tribe, after perhaps migrating further west.
The French were not alone in their undertakings, evidence exists of several Rus parties exploring French lands. First contact was friendly, but after a time the Clan leaders grew suspicious of soo many “explorers” and requested their number in their lands be reduced to one group of Scouts. Despite this they provided the Rus with supplies and food, a few men including two Celtic speaking druids (one of the few mentions of them in French history) apparently joined the first group of Rus explorers, impressed by what they saw as piety to the Ozzy. The Rus reportedly also commented on the hospitality of the French and told tales of their land that lay "far far to the West" where another ocean was to be seen by their claims.
Cave paintings found in the caves of the Parisian Hills
The Neolithic tribes that lived in the lands of modern France had quickly abandoned hunting and fishing in favor of agriculture once they had learned how to harvest crops. The lush forest of the Parisian region was not cleared for some time, since at first population growth was slow despite the adoption of agriculture. Not only this, but clearing forests was hard with stone tools, this may have encouraged the tribes to domesticate animals as a supplement. In earlier times they had hunted the plentiful cattle and sheep of the clearings it is not hard to imagine domestication taking place. Some early mining efforts can be found in the Easter hills, these “mines” most likely date to the relatively short Copper Age. The end of this period had seen establishment of several small permanent communities (Paris I) on the site of modern Paris.
A reconstruction of a FranCeltic village
The Copper age culture (3200-2300BC) seems to have had contact with some of the inhabitants of other more distant lands, some evidence of an early Mongolian and Dutch contact exists. The tribes were not unified at this time and little can be said of their culture. The culture of the conglomerate pseudo-city of Paris I was definitely Celtic in nature, the political arangement was most likley some kind tribal alliance under a cheiftan, simlar to the later "King of the Clans" arrangement. The culture of the population in surrounding forests is not known.
What is know that the Fran-Cletic tribes, mingled with two major separate groups. One called the Aquileian by modern historians the other one called Germanic. The Aquilenas had a profound cultural influence; they had vague linguistic, but not cultural similarities, to the Carpathians of the time. Their language replaced the Celtic language very quickly. This coincides with the settlement of Pairs II, so some conquest may have taken place in this period. The second group arrived just before the Bronze age, their language seems to be related closely to the Dutch and American language, they lost their cultural identity quickly however. The lingual mix that remained would become French and the clannish structure even though it had survived would slowly wither, signaling the diminishing importance of Celtic heritage in French cultural identity.
A Clan noble, with his companions while on a mission of trade and exploration.
The third millenium BC, is sometimes called the first age of exploration, for many clansmen with warriors entourages traveled beyond the river Loire, to the far West. This was possible because the local were either not developed enough or did not mind explorers passing in the nearly empty lands they claimed. The Mongols did mind, the French respected these wishes, since the open plains were no place for lone warriors used to the forests and hills of Parisia. They sought adventure, profit, recoginiton as great warrior or were
even sent by the leader of the allaince of clans on a "quest" of exploration.
Contact was made with the "Arabs" of the land of the rivers. It's not clear why the early French visitors to those lands thought of the early Ottomans as Arabs. They probably linked them to the legendary enemies of the lost Western Aquileans or the Western Romanic Empire. Some obscure references to Ottoman legends about a people called "the Bysant" do exist, and they seem culturally similar to the ancient Aquileans, but French sources do not elaborate on this. The Western Aquileans and the lost Continent of Greekantis probably both belong to the realm of myth. The Arabs if they ever existed were probably a dead or dying culture by 3000BC. It is possible they had become a minor desert tribe, after perhaps migrating further west.
The French were not alone in their undertakings, evidence exists of several Rus parties exploring French lands. First contact was friendly, but after a time the Clan leaders grew suspicious of soo many “explorers” and requested their number in their lands be reduced to one group of Scouts. Despite this they provided the Rus with supplies and food, a few men including two Celtic speaking druids (one of the few mentions of them in French history) apparently joined the first group of Rus explorers, impressed by what they saw as piety to the Ozzy. The Rus reportedly also commented on the hospitality of the French and told tales of their land that lay "far far to the West" where another ocean was to be seen by their claims.
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