bronze age

     

Near East (3300-1200 BC)

Trivia about bronze age

  • Followed the Stone Age; named for copper alloy people used for tools & weapons
  • Cire perdue or "lost wax", a process of casting figures, was developed during this age
  • This period lasted from about 3500 to 1500 B.C.
  • Homeric Troy was found to date from this age, the metal of the Trojans' weapons in the "Iliad"
  • The introduction of ironworking around 1100 B.C. brought it to an end

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