History of Brittany,France

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The History of Brittany

There are archaeological traces of mankind in Brittany which date back to 700 000 years BC. We know very little about the population which, during the Neolithic period (5500 to 2000 BC), made Brittany the centre of megalithic civilisation. Other than various tools which bear witness to advanced development, the remains of this period are more intriguing than comprehensible. They include menhirs, which are often isolated (such as at le Champ-Dolent, near Dol-de-Bretagne), or grouped into lines (Carnac) or Cromlechs (stone circles), or Dolmens (at Locmariaquer), covered alleys (La Roche aux Fées in Essé) or even Cairns (such as in Bamanez in Plouezoc’h, near Morlaix) or Tumulus (Gavrinis in the Gulf of Morbihan, Bourbriac).

		6 th century before BC
			Celtic Amorique
		1 th century AC
			Gallo-Roman Amorique
		4 th century AC
			L’Armorique becomes Brittany
		6 th century AC
			The Breton Kingdom
		9 th century AC
			Feudal Brittany
		14 th century AC
			The state of Brittany'
		15 th century AC
			The end of Breton independence
		16 th century JC
			Brittany, French Province
		21 th century JC

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