Early history of Switzerland

The early history of Switzerland begins with the earliest settlements up to the beginning of Habsburg rule, which in 1291 gave rise to the independence movement in the central cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden and the growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the Late Middle Ages. == Prehistory == === Paleolithic to Mesolithic === A hand-axe fashioned by Homo erectus has been found in Pratteln, which has been dated to 300,000 years ago.

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