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Written and Illustratedby Phillip Martin

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The Bronze Age is the period of human history after the Stone Age and before the Iron Age.

The Bronze Age

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The Bronze Age gets its name from the metal bronze. But why?Bronze is a metal made when a lot of copper as well as alittle tin are mixed together.That little bit of tin makes the copper harder. And, harder copper was used for knives and swords.

The Bronze Age

Bronze

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Bronze was first smelted in western Asia as early as 3800 BC. The technology for smelting developed at different times in different parts of the world. So, there are different dates for the Bronze Age depending on if you discuss China, Indus, Egypt, Greece or Mesopotamia.

Egypt3300-1200 BC

China3000-700 BCIndus

3300-1500 BC

Greece2900 – 1500 BC Mesopotamia

3000-1700 BC

The Bronze Age

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Bronze replaced stones for weapons, but it was also used for agricultural tools.With other advances like the wheel and irrigation, life for the people of the Bronze Age was better than the Stone Age.

The Bronze Age

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The use of bronze introduced the need for specialized labor. It required miners, traders, artisans and metal workers. Those who made items of metal or traded with those items became the richest members of the society.

The Bronze Age

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A lot of people mentioned in the Bible as well as Egyptian history lived in the Bronze Age. That list includes Abraham, Joseph, Moses and David as well as King Tutankhamun and Ramses II.

The Bronze Age

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Stonehenge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of over 900 stone ring sites in Britain. It was made during the Bronze Age, at least 300 years before the Egyptian pyramids.

The Bronze Age

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