Etruscan Origins By facebooker_1782208898550146 3000 BCE Neolithic Revolution in Europe 3000 BCE Possible Migration of Indo-European Speakers to Italy Period: 3000 BCE to 2300 BCE Neolithic Period in Europe Period: 2300 BCE to 1200 BCE Early Bronze Age in Italy 1200 BCE End of Bronze Age in Eastern Mediteranean - Sea Peoples 1200 BCE Trojan War 1200 BCE Possible Migration of Etruscans - Eastern Theory (Early) Period: 1200 BCE to 950 BCE Final Bronze Age in Italy 950 BCE Possible Migration of Etruscans - Northern Theory Period: 950 BCE to 800 BCE Villanovan Period (Iron Age) 800 BCE Possible Migration of Etruscans - Eastern Theory (Late) Period: 800 BCE to 650 BCE Orientalizing Period 750 BCE Beginning of Greek Colonization of Italy