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Site of famous prehistoric cave paintings.
Lascaux
Famous Semitic seagoing merchants who established trading outposts in what we now call France.
Phoenicians
Early colonizers who founded the city of Messalina, now called Marseille.
Greeks
Name for people of ancient Gaul (hint: same name as a famous baseball team, though pronounced differently!)
Celts
The pagan priests of the people named above.
Druids
Roman general who conquered Gaul.
Julius Caesar
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Answer
Name of the bloody wars the above general fought in.
Gallic Wars
This ancient Roman emperor, who once was active in Gaul with his father, later famously converted to Christianity.
Constantine the Great
Frankish dynasty that ruled most of France after about 509 AD/CE, and after whom a suave and philosophical, though notorious badboy character in the Matrix movies is named.
Merovingian Dynasty
Author of the primary source for written information about the dynasty named above. He is also considered a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
Gregory of Tours
A short-statured early king of the Carolingian dynasty.
Pepin the Short
Grandson of Charlemagne who was known for his lack of hair.