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[...] The Campaniform culture settles durably during this period on the shores of Lake Neuchâtel and in the Zurich Bay, where the oldest wheels in Europe dating back to 2500 BC have been found. The villages of the Campaniform culture will be abandoned and will gradually disappear at the very end of the 9th century BC. The Celts make their appearance at the very beginning of the Iron Age. They do not come alone, as with them comes the work of iron and the arts of pottery and jewelry. Nyon, Yverdon, among others, are Celtic places of origin. [...]
[...] The wars of religion will set the confederation on fire, between Protestants and Catholics the war raging. It will change the face of this alliance, some cantons will be Catholic, others Protestant. The 18th century will be a period of scientific and economic prosperity thanks to the arrival of French Huguenots and the evolution of agriculture. France will dominate Switzerland for a while during the French Revolution, but Switzerland will soon become independent, the 'Helvetic Republic, one and indivisible' was born. [...]
[...] The Latin historian Tacitus will mention this in one of his works. Over time, the tribes become sedentary. In -107 BC, the Roman army is defeated on the Garonne by the Tigurins, who were driven out by the Cimbri. In -102, in response to this crushing defeat, the new Roman army will emerge victorious from the Battle of Aix. The Tigurins, who are geographically very low, must climb up and settle in the Avenches region. The Celtic Switzerland is on the eve of one of the greatest wars in the history of Rome, the Gallic War, composed of Helvetii, Rauraci, Rhæti, Lepontii, Nantuates, Véragri, Seduni, Ubii. [...]
[...] These will impose their authority on Switzerland and despite the resistance of some, which will be in vain. In the 13th century, the Saint-Gothard pass is developed, causing the non-importance of the Grand-Saint-Bernard pass in international traffic, which will have the consequence of the appearance in the Upper Rhone Valley of a grave economic crisis for two centuries. An eternal defensive and legal alliance pact will emerge between the free men of the three valleys, those of Ubi, Schwytz, which will give the name to the country, and Niwald, and will be renewed in August of the same year, following the death of the first German emperor of the Habsburg family, Rudolf of Habsburg, emperor from 1273 to 1291, and out of fear of the troubles related to his succession. [...]
[...] The Frankish kingdom of Burgundy will possess Switzerland within its borders. The latter will be divided into four regions when the Carolingians take power in place of the Merovingians. Switzerland is present within the Transjurane or Alemannic Burgundy. The region will be fragmented between two major entities, the kingdom of Upper Burgundy on one side, to the west, and Alemannia to the east. In 843, the division of Charlemagne's empire by his grandchildren will make this region part of the kingdom of Middle Francia and subsequently the kingdom of Upper Burgundy. [...]
