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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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Nolan’s biggest leap was in trying to shape a tale from the Bronze Age into a gripping summer popcorn movie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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

Oetzi and these Bronze Age salt miners ate more fibre and whole grain than modern-day people, Sarhan explained.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Legitimate Cycladics were made in the Cyclades, a group of islands in Greece, during the Bronze Age about 3,000 years ago.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

It was the Bronze Age equivalent of computer code.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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 discovery suggests that after the bronze age and the iron age, we're now entering the age of plastic.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2019

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

At a time when the bronze age still reigned in northern Europe, the Chinese had a highly cultivated literature.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders