Paleo-Balkans
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Paleo-Balkans refers to:
  • Prehistoric Balkans
    Prehistoric Balkans
    The prehistory of Southeastern Europe , defined roughly as the territory of the wider Balkans peninsula covers the period from the Upper Paleolithic, beginning with the presence of Homo sapiens in the area some 44,000 years ago, until the...

  • Paleo-Balkan languages
    Paleo-Balkan languages
    Paleo-Balkan is a geolinguistic term referring to the Indo-European languages that were spoken in the Balkans in ancient times. Except for Greek and the language that gave rise to Albanian , they are all extinct, due to Hellenization, Romanization, and Slavicisation.- Classification :The following...

  • Paleo-Balkanic peoples
    • Thracians
      Thracians
      The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes inhabiting areas including Thrace in Southeastern Europe. They spoke the Thracian language – a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family...

    • Dacians
      Dacians
      The Dacians were an Indo-European people, very close or part of the Thracians. Dacians were the ancient inhabitants of Dacia...

    • Illyrians
      Illyrians
      The Illyrians were a group of tribes who inhabited part of the western Balkans in antiquity and the south-eastern coasts of the Italian peninsula...

    • Greeks
      Greeks
      The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

      , see List of Ancient Greek tribes
  • Paleo-Balkanic mythology
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