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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But plenty of war stories were lost to history during the illiterate centuries after the collapse of the Bronze Age. Amy S. Badura-Brack, The Conversation, 30 July 2026 The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric Cline, a study of the end of the Bronze Age. David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026 Linn said dogs were often seen in the Bronze Age and mythology as protectors, often guarding the house. Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Most of the costumes belonged to the classical period, a good thousand years after the Bronze Age world the poem supposedly describes. Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Bronze Age

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