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  Bronze Age

  noun

  a period in the history of humankind, following the Stone Age and preceding the Iron Age, during which bronze weapons and implements were used.
• bronze age
  bronze age

  noun

  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

American  

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) 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.

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bronze age ¹ British  

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

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Bronze Age ² British  

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

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Bronze Age Scientific  

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

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Bronze Age Cultural  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Bronze Age

First recorded in 1860–65

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Having only ever found a silver coin while metal detecting, Idris Thomas was shocked to strike gold - a late Bronze Age gold bracelet which has been declared treasure.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The youngest of four boys, Roberts grew up in the Scottish countryside, exploring the Bronze Age fort behind his farmhouse and a nearby castle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

The Peloponnese was the heartland of the Bronze Age civilisation in Homer's epic.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Nolan has anchored his “Odyssey” at the fall of the Bronze Age, a once-great era toppled by wealth-hoarding, diminished trade and climate catastrophes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Before the Cape Gelidonya excavation took place, historians and archaeologists believed that Bronze Age Greeks known as Mycenaeans had monopolized merchant seafaring along the Mediterranean from about 1400 to 1200 BCE.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

This widened the focus to further sites around the Lower Rhine–Meuse area – wetlands and coastal areas as well as rivers – spanning the late hunter-gatherer cultures to the bronze age.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026

The objects range from fine Roman metalwork to bronze age pottery.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023

He plays Dug, a bucktoothed cave-kid who spearheads a stone age tribe’s contest with a more sophisticated bronze age civilisation through the medium of football.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2019

No comparably detailed carvings have been found from the Aegean bronze age.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 7, 2017

In the bronze age it was dependent upon other places, through its non-possession of copper or tin.

From Science in Arcady by Grant Allen