Their home was fortified settlements – hillforts. Fortified villages on top of hills or in lowlands. Settlements appeared in the Karst in the Bronze Age, around 1600 BC, and flourished in the Iron Age (somewhere between 1000 and 500 BC).

Prehistoric karst homes were fortified with stone walls. They were surrounded by one or more belts of dry-built walls. The outer walls were built with larger stones, and the inner walls and rooms with smaller stones and pieces. Some parts of the walls were up to 20m thick. The Karst and Istria were populated and full of life, despite the demanding and in certain areas unfavorable living space. The proof of this is the discovery of more than 500 fortifications, which were located in the region extending from the Karst to Istria. There were more than 118 of them in the Karst alone.

Community members had to behave in a way that was acceptable to all. Failure to do so weakened the essential bonds that held the community together. Survival was based on the principle: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The selfishness of the individual was completely unacceptable for the community. It threatened its very existence. Therefore, a selfish man had to be excluded from the safe community and left to the mercy of nature. Basic values, such as mutual trust, cooperation and selflessness determined the survival of the community.

The only choice was to live in complete devotion and with internalized values. An individual should not have the choice of egoistic, immoral and unethical behavior. Why? Because that’s not right! Because it is a sin that is sweet and intoxicating at the beginning, but ends in great bitterness and disappointment. This is written in man. This is what his conscience tells him. Man learns this from nature.