the Bronze Age
noun
: a period of time that began between 4000 and 3000 B.C. in which people used bronze to make weapons and tools
The artifact dates to the Bronze Age.
a Bronze Age weapon/tool
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Ban Chiang dates back to the Bronze Age some 3,500 years ago.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026
And for a slice of history with your hike, meander past the Bronze Age rock carvings under the Warwick Hotel, where ancient art meets ocean views.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
Cuneiform tablets suggest the textile industry was highly sophisticated during the Bronze Age, the Old Assyrian Colony Period, and the Hittite Empire; however, physical traces rarely survive, as per a study.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026
At some point along this path, at around the time of the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, some bright spark came upon the idea of fermenting alcohol.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026
And for a slice of history with your hike, meander past the Bronze Age rock carvings under the Warwick Hotel, where ancient art meets ocean views.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
Cuneiform tablets suggest the textile industry was highly sophisticated during the Bronze Age, the Old Assyrian Colony Period, and the Hittite Empire; however, physical traces rarely survive, as per a study.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026
At some point along this path, at around the time of the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, some bright spark came upon the idea of fermenting alcohol.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
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