# Bronze and Iron Age cultures - No single ruler

URL: https://poland-history.com/rulers/bronze-and-iron-age-cultures
Reign: c. 1300 BCE–c. 1 CE
Dynasty: Prehistoric Poland
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusatian_culture

Lusatian, Pomeranian, Celtic and early Germanic communities organised themselves in fortified settlements and chiefdoms without any overarching political authority.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Prehistoric communities](https://poland-history.com/rulers/prehistoric-communities)
- Succeeded by: [Peoples of the Roman and Migration periods](https://poland-history.com/rulers/peoples-of-the-roman-and-migration-periods)

## Timeline events during this reign
- -1300 - [Rise of the Lusatian culture](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-1300-rise-of-the-lusatian-culture)
- -1200 - [Urnfield burial customs spread](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-1200-urnfield-burial-customs-spread)
- -738 - [Biskupin fortified settlement is built](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-738-biskupin-fortified-settlement-is-built)
- -700 - [Iron comes into use](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-700-iron-comes-into-use)
- -650 - [Face urns of the Pomeranian culture](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-650-face-urns-of-the-pomeranian-culture)
- -550 - [Scythian raids strike Lusatian strongholds](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-550-scythian-raids-strike-lusatian-strongholds)
- -400 - [Celts settle in southern Poland](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-400-celts-settle-in-southern-poland)
- -300 - [Mount Ślęża becomes a sacred site](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-300-mount-sleza-becomes-a-sacred-site)
- -200 - [Oksywie culture on the Baltic coast](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-200-oksywie-culture-on-the-baltic-coast)
- -200 - [Emergence of the Przeworsk culture](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-200-emergence-of-the-przeworsk-culture)
- -50 - [Amber Road links the Baltic with the Mediterranean](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-50-amber-road-links-the-baltic-with-the-mediterranean)