The European Bronze Age is characterized by bronze artifacts and the use of bronze implements. The regional Bronze Age succeeds the Neolithic and Copper Age and is followed by the Iron Age.

The characteristics of, and the dates for, the Early Bronze Age vary regionally in central Europe. Some areas, such as the Saarland, even appear either to have had continuous Neolithic occupation until as late as 1400 bce or to have been uninhabited during the Early Bronze Age.

Diffusion of metallurgy in Europe and Asia Minor —the darkest areas are the oldest. The Bronze Age is characterised by the widespread use of bronze, though the introduction and development of bronze technology were not universally synchronous.

2025年1月14日 · Bronze Age, third phase in the development of material culture among the ancient peoples of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, following the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods (Old Stone Age and New Stone Age, respectively).

2024年12月13日 · The Bronze Age was a transformative era characterized by the widespread use of bronze—an alloy of copper and tin—for tools, weapons, and a host of other objects. Spanning roughly from the fourth to the early first millennium BC, it …

This has traditionally been defined as the Metal Ages, which may be further divided into stages, of approximate dates as shown: the Bronze Age (2300–700 bce) and the Iron Age (700–1 bce), which followed a less distinctly defined Copper Age (c. 3200–2300 bce). At this time, societies in Europe began consciously to produce metals.

The European Bronze Age is characterized by bronze artifacts and the use of bronze implements. The regional Bronze Age succeeds the Neolithic and Copper Age and is followed by the Iron Age.

The Early Bronze Age of central Europe can be divided up into an early phase from about 2300 to 2000 b.c. and a later phase from about 2000 to 1600 b.c. The Middle Bronze Age (with its own subdivisions) spanned the time between about 1600 and 1350 b.c.

2018年1月2日 · Prominent Bronze Age kingdoms included Sumer and Babylonia in Mesopotamia and Athens in Ancient Greece. The Bronze Age ended around 1200 B.C. when humans began to forge an even stronger...

2024年10月22日 · In America, from Bolivia to Lake Superior, we find everywhere the traces of a long-enduring Copper Age; bronze existed, it is true, in Mexico, but it held the same relation to the copper as the copper held to the bronze in Europe–it was the exception as against the rule.