Bronze Age

noun

1. a period in the history of humankind, following the Stone Age and preceding the Iron Age, during which bronze weapons and implements were used.
2. (lowercase) Classical Mythology. the third of the four ages of the human race, marked by war and violence; regarded as inferior to the silver age but superior to the following iron age.

bronze age

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noun

1. classical myth a period of human existence marked by war and violence, following the golden and silver ages and preceding the iron age

Bronze Age

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noun

1. archaeol
   1. a technological stage between the Stone and Iron Ages, beginning in the Middle East about 4500 bc and lasting in Britain from about 2000 to 500 bc , during which weapons and tools were made of bronze and there was intensive trading
   2. ( as modifier )

      a Bronze-Age tool

Bronze Age

1. A period of human culture between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of cast bronze. The beginning of the Bronze Age is generally dated before 3000 bce in parts of Mediterranean Europe, the Middle East, and China.
2. See Note at Three Age system

Bronze Age

1. A period of history from roughly 4000 b.c. to the onset of the Iron Age . During the Bronze Age, people learned to make bronze tools. In the Bronze Age in Mesopotamia , the wheel and the ox-drawn plow were in use.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bronze Age¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Many Bronze Age hoards seem to have been deliberately buried as offerings or sacrifices.

From Popular-Science

Fraser was joined by Matthew Knight, a red-haired Bronze Age specialist at the National Museum of Scotland who was called back from pandemic furlough to help with the find.

From Popular-Science

A lavish Bronze Age burial found in southeastern Spain may hold a queen’s remains, researchers say.

From Science News

Beginning in 2005, Marf Zamua began to document Late Bronze Age and Iron Age sites that were revealed during a period of unrest.

From The Daily Beast

And in the Middle Bronze Age, Abraham could have had a knife (though flint seems more likely).

From The Daily Beast

In truth, the “ancient palace” of the Minoans is much more a shrine to the brazen than to the Bronze Age.

From The Daily Beast

Still higher lie the deposits of the bronze age, in which metal replaces stone in human implements.

From Project Gutenberg

Scottish cremation burials of the Bronze Age retain traces of linen wrappings of the urn.

From Project Gutenberg

From this earlier place of origin it, according to him, spread to the Bronze age terramares of northern Italy.

From Project Gutenberg

Figs. 185 and 186 represent the one-handled cinerary urns peculiar to the Bronze Age in Italy.

From Project Gutenberg

But the cavern of Sinsin was determined, from the objects found therein, to belong to the Bronze Age.

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