# Prehistoric communities - No single ruler

URL: https://poland-history.com/rulers/prehistoric-communities
Reign: c. 500,000 BCE–c. 1300 BCE
Dynasty: Prehistoric Poland
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory_and_protohistory_of_Poland

The lands of present-day Poland were inhabited by successive Palaeolithic hunters and Neolithic and Bronze Age farming communities; there was no state or single ruler.

## Succession
- Succeeded by: [Bronze and Iron Age cultures](https://poland-history.com/rulers/bronze-and-iron-age-cultures)

## Timeline events during this reign
- -500000 - [Earliest traces of early humans in Poland](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-500000-earliest-traces-of-early-humans-in-poland)
- -115000 - [Neanderthals in the caves of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-115000-neanderthals-in-the-caves-of-the-krakow-czestochowa-upland)
- -50000 - [Neanderthal remains in Stajnia Cave](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-50000-neanderthal-remains-in-stajnia-cave)
- -39000 - [Oldest decorated ornament in Eurasia](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-39000-oldest-decorated-ornament-in-eurasia)
- -14000 - [Magdalenian hunters at Maszycka Cave](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-14000-magdalenian-hunters-at-maszycka-cave)
- -11000 - [Reindeer hunters follow the retreating ice](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-11000-reindeer-hunters-follow-the-retreating-ice)
- -8000 - [Mesolithic foragers settle lakes and rivers](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-8000-mesolithic-foragers-settle-lakes-and-rivers)
- -5500 - [First farmers arrive with the Linear Pottery culture](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-5500-first-farmers-arrive-with-the-linear-pottery-culture)
- -4400 - [Longhouse villages of the Lengyel tradition](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-4400-longhouse-villages-of-the-lengyel-tradition)
- -4000 - [Funnelbeaker culture and the first megaliths](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-4000-funnelbeaker-culture-and-the-first-megaliths)
- -3900 - [Striped-flint mining begins at Krzemionki](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-3900-striped-flint-mining-begins-at-krzemionki)
- -3500 - [Bronocice pot depicts a wheeled wagon](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-3500-bronocice-pot-depicts-a-wheeled-wagon)
- -3000 - [Globular Amphora culture](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-3000-globular-amphora-culture)
- -2800 - [Corded Ware herders spread across the region](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-2800-corded-ware-herders-spread-across-the-region)
- -2300 - [Early Bronze Age Mierzanowice culture](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-2300-early-bronze-age-mierzanowice-culture)
- -2000 - [Únětice princely burials at Łęki Małe](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-2000-unetice-princely-burials-at-leki-male)
- -1600 - [Trzciniec culture](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-1600-trzciniec-culture)
- -1300 - [Rise of the Lusatian culture](https://poland-history.com/timeline/-1300-rise-of-the-lusatian-culture)