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Based on tools that were found, historians date the settling of the Berlin area back to 60.000 B.C. which was in the last ice age (70.000 - 8.000 B.C.). Around 16.000 B.C. the ice melted. The landscape was dominated by large pine woods and moors. This led to the settling of hunters and fisherman in this area. Around 3.000 B.C. farming and cattle breading became the new forms of economy. In the 6th century B.C. German tribes began to settle in Berlin. Most of those left in the 4th century A.D. for southern regions, so only a few German settlers stayed. In the 8th century A.D. Slavonic tribes settled in the Berlin area. 1157 the Slavonic government ended because of the foundation of Brandenburg. The princes of Brandenburg fostered the development, leading to the founding of various new villages.
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