Late Bronze Age
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The Late Bronze Age was the final phase of the Bronze Age, marked by advanced metalworking, complex societies, extensive trade networks, and the emergence or flourishing of early civilizations across the Near East, Mediterranean, and parts of Europe and Asia.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Late Bronze Age canonical | 41 |
| Canaanite period | 4 |
| Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age | 1 |
| Late Bronze Age Levant (approximate) | 1 |
| Late Helladic | 1 |
| Late Helladic I | 1 |
| Late Helladic II | 1 |
| Late Helladic IIIC period | 1 |
| Late Helladic period | 1 |
| Late Minoan IB period | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T652808 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Late Bronze Age Context triple: [Bronze Age, hasPart, Late Bronze Age]
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Bronze Age
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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B.
Iron Age
The Iron Age was a major prehistoric and early historic era marked by the widespread use of iron tools and weapons, urban growth, and complex societies across regions including the ancient Near East where the Hebrews lived.
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C.
Aegean Bronze Age
The Aegean Bronze Age was a prehistoric era (c. 3200–1100 BCE) in the Aegean region marked by advanced palace-centered societies, extensive trade networks, and the flourishing of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations.
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D.
Tannaitic period
The Tannaitic period was the early era of Rabbinic Judaism, roughly from the 1st to early 3rd centuries CE, during which the Mishnah and related foundational rabbinic teachings were developed and compiled.
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E.
Samarra period
The Samarra period was a mid-9th-century phase of the Abbasid Caliphate marked by the relocation of the capital to Samarra and characterized by heightened military influence, political instability, and cultural development.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Late Bronze Age Target entity description: The Late Bronze Age was the final phase of the Bronze Age, marked by advanced metalworking, complex societies, extensive trade networks, and the emergence or flourishing of early civilizations across the Near East, Mediterranean, and parts of Europe and Asia.
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A.
Bronze Age
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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B.
Iron Age
The Iron Age was a major prehistoric and early historic era marked by the widespread use of iron tools and weapons, urban growth, and complex societies across regions including the ancient Near East where the Hebrews lived.
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C.
Aegean Bronze Age
The Aegean Bronze Age was a prehistoric era (c. 3200–1100 BCE) in the Aegean region marked by advanced palace-centered societies, extensive trade networks, and the flourishing of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations.
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D.
Tannaitic period
The Tannaitic period was the early era of Rabbinic Judaism, roughly from the 1st to early 3rd centuries CE, during which the Mishnah and related foundational rabbinic teachings were developed and compiled.
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E.
Samarra period
The Samarra period was a mid-9th-century phase of the Abbasid Caliphate marked by the relocation of the capital to Samarra and characterized by heightened military influence, political instability, and cultural development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (93)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological period
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historical period ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
Late Bronze Age collapse around 1200 BCE
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intensive diplomatic correspondence preserved in the Amarna letters ⓘ widespread cultural exchange across the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| endCause | combination of invasions, internal unrest, and systemic collapse ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 1200 BCE ⓘ |
| follows | Middle Bronze Age ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
advanced bronze metalworking
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agricultural surplus production ⓘ bronze armor ⓘ bureaucratic administration ⓘ chariot warfare ⓘ collapse of several major states at its end ⓘ complex legal systems ⓘ complex religious cults ⓘ complex societies ⓘ craft guilds or workshops ⓘ development of early writing systems ⓘ diplomatic correspondence between states ⓘ elite burial practices ⓘ epic poetry traditions ⓘ extensive long-distance trade networks ⓘ fortified cities ⓘ increased social complexity ⓘ inter-regional diplomatic marriages ⓘ interconnected political system in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ international elite gift exchange ⓘ international law-like treaties ⓘ long-distance trade in copper ⓘ long-distance trade in glass ⓘ long-distance trade in gold ⓘ long-distance trade in ivory ⓘ long-distance trade in luxury goods ⓘ long-distance trade in silver ⓘ long-distance trade in textiles ⓘ long-distance trade in tin ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ mythological literature ⓘ naval trade and seafaring ⓘ organized armies ⓘ organized temple cults ⓘ palace-centered redistribution systems ⓘ palatial economies ⓘ record-keeping on clay tablets ⓘ regional artistic styles ⓘ regional cultural interaction ⓘ regional hegemonic empires ⓘ social stratification ⓘ specialized craft production ⓘ specialized metallurgy ⓘ standardized weights and measures ⓘ state-level political organization ⓘ tribute and taxation systems ⓘ urbanization ⓘ use of Linear B script in Mycenaean Greece ⓘ use of horse-drawn chariots ⓘ use of tin and copper alloys ⓘ widespread use of bronze tools ⓘ widespread use of bronze weapons ⓘ widespread use of cuneiform writing in the Near East ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Aegean region
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Anatolia ⓘ Balkans ⓘ Caucasus ⓘ
surface form:
Caucasus region
Central Europe ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
Egypt
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Italian Peninsula ⓘ Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Mesopotamia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
surface form:
Near East
South Asia ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Hittite Empire
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Kassite period ⓘ
surface form:
Kassite Babylonia
Middle Assyrian ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Assyrian Empire
Mitanni kingdom ⓘ Mycenaean civilization ⓘ New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Shang dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Shang dynasty in China
Ugaritic city-state culture ⓘ |
| partOf | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| precedes | Iron Age ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 1600 BCE ⓘ |
| usedMaterial |
bronze
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clay ⓘ gold ⓘ silver ⓘ stone ⓘ textiles ⓘ wood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Late Bronze Age Description of subject: The Late Bronze Age was the final phase of the Bronze Age, marked by advanced metalworking, complex societies, extensive trade networks, and the emergence or flourishing of early civilizations across the Near East, Mediterranean, and parts of Europe and Asia.
Referenced by (53)
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