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Island And Maritime Colonization

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Peopling of Sardinia and Corsica during the Neolithic (c. 6,000–3,000 BCE)

6000 BCE - 1500 BCE

Neolithic settlement of the Northern Isles (Orkney, Shetland) and the Hebrides (c. 3,500–2,000 BCE)

4000 BCE - 2000 BCE

Neolithic settlement of Crete and the Aegean islands (c. 7,000–3,000 BCE)

13000 BCE - 3000 BCE