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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This discovery suggests that music and communal dancing played a significant role in mediating contact between various communities during the Bronze Age.
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Some of these trees are more than 4,000 years old and still growing, dating to the Bronze Age.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Shah’s artwork was deeply inspired by archaeological sites in the Bronze Age society that lived in the Indus Valley Civilization.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Though the structure’s inner fortress has been well-documented for several years, new mapping made possible thanks to a simple hobbyist drone helped redraw the Bronze Age monument’s boundaries.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Some of these trees are more than 4,000 years old and still growing, dating to the Bronze Age.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Shah’s artwork was deeply inspired by archaeological sites in the Bronze Age society that lived in the Indus Valley Civilization.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Though the structure’s inner fortress has been well-documented for several years, new mapping made possible thanks to a simple hobbyist drone helped redraw the Bronze Age monument’s boundaries.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Bronze Age
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