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category Prehistoric Times
category Prehistoric Times
Šiauliai before History
The history of every city begins when first, people move to the location or environment in which settlements appear, which later turn into towns and eventually, into cities. These people must be not nomads travelling past but people wh... Read more
30
Dec
2017
Territory Settlement
The first inhabitants in the territory of Lithuania, including the land of Šiauliai, appeared after the retreat of glaciers in the last glacial period in Europe and alongside with climate warming, in the second half of the 10th millen... Read more
17
Jan
2018
Formation of Šiauliai Land
In the beginning, forms of settled life began to form in settlements located far from the present centre of Šiauliai. In addition to the old settlement of Lieporiai, where in the 4th century people already could smelt iron, there was ... Read more
17
Jan
2018
The Prerequisites for the Place of Settlement Establishment
It is likely that the origins of the current city of Šiauliai were somewhere between all these castles of the defensive line and the detected early settlements. Most likely, Šiauliai was adjacent to or near the trade routes, where th... Read more
17
Jan
2018