Bronze Age

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The Bronze Age was an ancient era characterized by the widespread use of bronze tools and weapons, early urbanization, and the emergence of complex societies across regions including the Near East, where the Hebrews lived.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological period
historical period
associatedWith Akkadians
Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egyptians

Babylonians
Hebrews
Hittite Empire
surface form: Hittites

Indus Valley
surface form: Indus Valley Civilization

Minoan civilization
surface form: Minoans

Mycenaean civilization
surface form: Mycenaeans

Shang dynasty
Sumer
surface form: Sumerians
characterizedBy development of long-distance trade
development of metalworking
early urbanization
early writing systems
emergence of complex societies
palace-centered economies
social stratification
use of bronze tools
use of bronze weapons
use of copper-tin alloys
widespread use of bronze
endTime 1st millennium BCE
follows Neolithic
hasCulturalDevelopment bureaucratic administration
early law codes
monumental architecture
palatial architecture
state-level societies
temple complexes
hasEvent Aegean Bronze Age
surface form: Bronze Age collapse
hasPart Early Bronze Age
Late Bronze Age
Middle Bronze Age
hasTechnology bronze casting
chariot warfare
lost-wax casting
sailing ships
occursIn Aegean islands
surface form: Aegean region

Anatolia
Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt

Ancient Mediterranean world
surface form: Ancient Near East

British Isles
Central Europe
China
East Asia
Europe
Iberian Peninsula
Indus Valley
Levant region
surface form: Levant

Mesopotamia
Nordic countries
surface form: Nordic region

South Asia
precedes Iron Age
startTime 4th millennium BCE

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Kingdom of Maeonia timePeriod Bronze Age
Herakleopolitan dynasties era Bronze Age
Hamath historicalPeriod Bronze Age
ancient Britain timePeriod Bronze Age
Ephrath timePeriod Bronze Age
Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites timePeriod Bronze Age
subject surface form: Canaanites
Lady of the Sea timePeriod Bronze Age
Great Bath period Bronze Age
Sidonians timePeriod Bronze Age
Amurru timePeriod Bronze Age
Heshbon timePeriod Bronze Age
Tal-e Malyan period Bronze Age
Nuraghe usedDuringPeriod Bronze Age
Tell Irbid usedDuringPeriod Bronze Age
Ascalon historicalPeriod Bronze Age
Ramesses V era Bronze Age
south propylaeum era Bronze Age
subject surface form: South Propylaeum
Nuraghe Losa culturalPeriod Bronze Age