Mutanen farko da suka bar alamu masu ɗorewa da al'adun gargajiya a ko'ina cikin yankin Balkan su ne Thracians.Asalin su ya kasance a ɓoye.Gabaɗaya ana ba da shawarar cewa mutanen proto-Thracian sun haɓaka daga cakuda ƴan asali da Indo-Turai daga lokacin faɗaɗa Proto-Indo-Turai a farkon zamanin Bronze lokacin da ƙarshen, a kusan 1500 KZ, ya ci nasara da 'yan asalin.Masu sana'a na Thracian sun gaji basirar wayewar 'yan asalin da ke gabansu, musamman a aikin zinariya.^[9]The Thracians gaba ɗaya ba su da tsari, amma suna da al'adu na ci gaba duk da rashin ingantaccen rubutun nasu, kuma sun tattara sojojin soja masu ƙarfi lokacin da ƙabilunsu da suka rabu suka kafa ƙungiyoyi a ƙarƙashin matsin barazanar waje.Ba su taɓa samun wani nau'i na haɗin kai da ya wuce gajeriyar ƙa'idodi masu tsauri ba a tsayin lokacin gargajiya na Girka .Kamar Gauls da sauran kabilun Celtic, yawancin Thracians ana tunanin sun rayu a cikin ƙananan ƙauyuka masu kagara, yawanci a kan tuddai.Ko da yake ba a haɓaka manufar cibiyar birni ba har sai lokacin Romawa, manyan garu daban-daban waɗanda kuma suka zama cibiyoyin kasuwannin yanki suna da yawa.Amma duk da haka, gaba ɗaya, duk da mulkin mallaka na Girka a yankuna kamar Byzantium, Apollonia da sauran garuruwa, Thracians sun guje wa rayuwar birane.