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 | | Specifically, I am interested in the pre-history of this land, which covers the time period of some 60,000 to about 5,000 years ago. |
 | | During the 5th millennium BC, when agricultural proto-civilizations in the Balkans and Central Europe were gradually disappearing, the Trypillian culture, situated on the boundaries of the European "civilized world" of that time, continued to flourish for another millennium. |
 | | Proto-cities, monumental architecture, industry (metallurgy, weaving, ceramics), denotation systems, all continued to develop and are reasons to consider Trypillia as one of the most interesting and developed proto-civilizations. |
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