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7 hours ago · v. t. e. The Bronze Age is a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC. It is characterized by the use of bronze, the use of writing in some areas, and other features of early urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of the three-age system, between the Stone and Iron Ages. [1]
- Metal Ages
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- Late Bronze Age Collapse
Invasions, destruction and possible population movements...
- Three-age System
Jōmon pottery, Japanese Stone Age Trundholm sun chariot,...
- Greek Dark Ages
The Greek Dark Ages (c. 1200–800 BC), were earlier regarded...
- Timeline of Historic Inventions
2nd century BC: Paper in Han dynasty China 206 BC: Compass...
- Human Timeline
Date Event 4.3-4.1 Ga The earliest life appears, possibly as...
- Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (29 December 1788 – 21 May 1865)...
- Tin Sources and Trade in Ancient Times
Tin is an essential metal in the creation of tin-bronzes,...
- Metal Ages
4 days ago · The dynasty was founded by Liu Bang, later the Gaozu emperor (reigned 206–195 bce ), a man of humble birth who led the revolt against the repressive policies of the preceding short-lived Qin dynasty.
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5 days ago · Maurya Empire. The Mauryan Empire was an empire in South Asia, founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE and lasting until 185 BCE. It was centralized through the conquest of the Indo - Gangetic Plain, with its capital in Pataliputra (modern Patna ).
1 day ago · Phoenicia ( / fəˈnɪʃə, fəˈniːʃə / ), [4] or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon. [5] [6] The territory of the Phoenicians expanded and contracted throughout history, with the core of their ...
5 days ago · Aristotle (born 384 bce, Stagira, Chalcidice, Greece—died 322, Chalcis, Euboea) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, one of the greatest intellectual figures of Classical antiquity and Western history.
5 days ago · Mahavira ( Devanagari: महावीर, Mahāvīra ), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, Vardhamāna ), was the 24th Tirthankara (supreme preacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha. [11] . Mahavira was born in the early 6th century BCE to a royal Jain family of ancient India.
1 day ago · Sargon II ( Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒈗𒁺, romanized: Šarru-kīn, meaning "the faithful king" [2] or "the legitimate king") [3] was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 722 BC to his death in battle in 705.