THE MARKOMANNIC EMPIRE
While not fully stratified, An Argument can be made that the First Germanic Empire is Marobodus' Empire, 9bc-18ad.

This was a Tribal Confederation, although Marobodus explicitly Proclaimed himself as the King of the other Tribes under him, much to the contempt of the Semnones and Langobardi.
The Markomanni were by far the most Powerful and Stratified Tribe in Germania, and through being close friends with Rome, formed a large federation of mostly Economic Basis, which greatly Enriched the Markomanni and their Allies.

Depicted on the map are Specific types of Almgren Fibula associated with the Markomanni and their Trade Network, as well as the Tribes described as being part of Marobodus' Empire.

https://x.com/Maptysk/status/2017230816917483886

The Markomannic Empire was built on the Economic Basis of Amber, Scandinavian Products such as Exotic Furs, Woods, and Slaves, and their popularity on Rome, and in return the Popularity of Roman Goods such as Pottery, glassware and bronzeworking in Scandinavia and the Baltic.

The Empire Connected these Trade Routes and allowed Roman Goods from Pannonia and Italy and possibly even Dacia to flow seamlessly into the Baltic and Scandinavia, while highly valued Amber and Scandinavian products were able to flow south safely.

ORIGINS OF THE BASTARNAE AND SCIRI 🧵
(Part 2, technically)
Upon reviewing the Jastorf Material found in Poland and Romania/Moldova, A few patterns emerged, that make it possible to distinguish certain regionalities in the Poienesti Culture, which occupies the same time and space as the Bastarnae and possibly the Sciri. My previous thread on the Topic can be found here, which you should read before reading this one, although i will summarise it briefly.

https://x.com/Maptysk/status/1917305064978293111

THE JASTORF CULTURE
In 600bc, the Proto-Germanics emerge out of Northern Germany and migrate in every direction, possibly reaching as far as the Netherlands and Romania in a few hundred years.

Full-Res and related Threads below ⬇️

The Jastorf Culture evolves out of various Initial Iron Age cultures on the Lower-Elbe with heavy La-Tene influence. After 200bc, it starts to Transition into the Histsorically Attested groups such as the Cimbri, Teutones, Suebi, Ingvaeones, Irminones, Lugians and Bastarnae. Full-Resolution:
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The Correlation between Archaeology and Written Account: Origins of the Suebi, the Vandalic Invasion of Germany, and the Origo Gentis Langobardorum. 🧵

The Period prior to the Formation of the early Suebi (Großromstedt) is characterized by the late Seedorf phase of the Jastorf Culture, but more importantly the large-scale presence of the Przeworsk Culture, which invaded the area sometime in 150-100bc from Poland.

The "Origo Gentis Langobardorum", The Origin Myth of the Langobards sheds some light on this ancient conflict between the two tribes. According to the Origo Gentis Langobardorum, the Langobards used to go by the name "Winnili". The earliest mentions of the Langobards by the name "Langobardi" is already in the 1st century AD, most notably by Tacitus, so the name Winnili must predate the 1st century AD, which matches up with the Presence of the Przeworsk Culture in Germany in the 1st century BC. (Pictured Below in Purple)

MAP OF THE SUEBI ELBE GERMANIC TRIBES
Map of Archaeological Finds of the Suebi/Elbe germanic Groups and the Alamanni, with Quotes from Tacitus.
Full resolution and Thread below ⬇️

The Suebi were the largest and most powerful tribal confederation in Germania, constituing of the Hermunduri, Semnones, Langobards, Warini, Markomanni, Quadi, Naristi, Marsingi and Buri. Full resolution link: maptism.xyz/wp-content/upl…

COMPLETE MAP OF THE CORDED WARE CULTURE, 2600 BC
Over 18000 sites mapped

🧵Thread explaining the Corded Ware Culture and its Ethnogenesis in Detail and full-res below maptism.xyz/wp-content/upl…

Political Subdivision of the Proto-Indo-Iranic Sintastha Culture in 2100bc.

Based on Settlement clusters, most importantly Fortified Hilltop Settlements, i have mapped out possible tribal divisions and groups within this highly stratified and advanced bronze age culture.

Their heavy exploitation of the Copper Deposits of the Ural Mountains allowed this culture to stratify, thrive, trade and expand massively. The people of this Culture were unparalelled in Siberia and Eastern Europe in their Organisation and the Scale of their Mining Operations, exporting as far as the Middle east and the rest of Europe. Copper Mining Colonies on the fringes of the Culture exported Copper back to the Core Area via riverways, where workshops in the massive fortified Settlements such as Arkaim smelted the raw ore into weapons, jewelry, vessels, and even parts of Chariots.

ORIGINS OF THE DACIANS AND THRACIANS 🧵

This thread will trace the origins of the Dacian and Thracian people, from the Iron Age through the entire Bronze Age, relying primarily on archaeology supplemented and backed with genetic evidence. I believe it is possible to definitively reconstruct the migration history of the Proto-Daco-Thracians.

This thread is the culmination of over five months of research. This has been a incredibly complex and heavily debated topic, the debate of which I now think can be concluded. We will start with an overview of the archaeogenetics known insofar about these populations:

The Bulgarian or Classical Thracians tend to form a fairly homogenous group that has on average only about 20% Yamnaya admixture, with the rest being ANF, very poor in (if at al with any) European Hunter-Gatherer ancestry. Additional CHG/Iranian admixture is also likely, as was the case for Eastern and Southern Balkans at least since Chalcolithic. The Thracians do have so sightly more Yamnaya autosomal ancestry than the average Mycenaeans.

CHERNYAKOV CULTURE

The Chernyakov Culture represents the Gothic Nations north of the Danube after their Migration out of Scandinavia. From here they launched frequent raids against Rome until the Huns forced them West.

Comissioned by @DytrykJesionek

Full-res in Replies Full res: files.catbox.moe/phgdw7.png

Map of Pre-indo-european languages in Europe. Including Attested languages and Substrates. "European Agricultural Substrate" Refers to the Agricultural terms of Non-indo-european origin in most CWC descended IE languages. These would have come from the Globular Amphora Culture hence the distribution on the map. Its possibly Cuceteni-Trypillia added to this as well.

Genetic proof of TRB, GAC, and Michelsberg being Descended from Cardial groups and Chasseen culture instead of LBK-Danubian cultures

The main genetic difference in Cardial and Michelsberg descended groups (like wartberg) is a increase in HG ancestry and Y-DNA I2 (Chassen & TRB) Prior to the Michelsberg intrusion, it seemed that Grosgartach-Rössen (Post-LBK) already had considerable HG ancestry and Cardial influence in 4900bc making them appear similar to Michelsberg

EUROPE IN 5100 BC.

A complete Archaeological Atlas of Europe in 5100bc. Arguably my most ambitious map ever, it is far from done but im happy with how it looks currently.

I will elaborate on what this colorful mess actually means in the replies🧵 The Balkans, Cradle of the danubian ANFs, is a mosaic of cultures after the end of the Massive Starcevo culture. Vinca is largely its sucessor, with LBK in the north having replaced the Körös and Cris cultures and migrating along the Carpathians back into Danubia.

On the origins of the Bell Beaker Culture

The Bell Beaker are perhaps one of the most enigmatic, misunderstood and heavily debated Cultures of Europe, but in this post i will clear up the confusion and explain just exactly what is going on with this culture. First of all, what are is the Bell Beaker Culture?

Starting 2500bc and ending 2200bc, the Bell Beaker were a massive cultural network spanning the entirety of western and central europe. they brought the eponymous Bell Beaker wherever they went-