We seem to know a good deal about Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during the early part of antiquity, but what was happening in the rest of Europe and why does it seem like we know so little?
From doing some light research on the internet it seems like we know there were people living in places like what is now Germany/Austria (Hallstatt, Jastorf cultures) and that they did have trade connections to Greece, but hardly anything specific. Is it simply a matter of people outside Greece not writing anything down? If that’s the case why wouldn’t they be writing, if they had contact with people who did write?
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