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In the prehistoric period, Levantia was home to an extremely diverse array of {{wp|Material culture|material cultures}}. It is thought that the number of ancient peoples and societies on the continent were kept separate due to the prevalence of mountainous topography as well as the [[Vandarch]], which bisects the northern part of the continent, though it may have been significantly smaller in the past due to sea level rises. Out of these material cultures emerged the [[Paleo-Levantine peoples]] during the {{wp|Neolithic revolution}}; these peoples, who are not related in substantial, significant ways, formed the earliest civilizations on the continent approximately 2 millennia BC. The majority of these peoples did not have written records and are only recorded in the archaeological record or passing references in later Celtic legends; the only major surviving group are the [[Orenstian people]] who occupy the eastern peninsula of Levantia. In approximately 1500 BC, Celtic people - who lived in a strip of land approximately along the eastern shore of the [[Vandarch]] - began a massive expansion throughout the eastern half continent. Their expansion - both through war and non-violent means - created an expansive Celtic civilization in Levantia which encompassed most of modern [[Catholic Levantia]]. To their west, the Paleo-Levantine peoples also faced the expansion of the [[Gothic people]] in the region now known as [[Gothica]]. By 1000 BC, the vast majority of the Levantine landmass was occupied by Gothic or Celtic people, with small Paleo-Levantine pockets existing throughout the continent. The expansion of these groups was thought by historians in the past to have meant the genocide of the Paleo-Levantine peoples; however, most Celtic and Gothic-descent people in [[Ultmar]] and [[Fiannria]] today can trace a genetic descent from an ancient Paleo-Levantine group, proving that most of these peoples were integrated into these societies.