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1 day ago · 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]
2 days ago · The majority of the sources are dated to the Old Babylonian period (early second millennium BC), and more specifically the early part of that era. In many cases, a more precise dating is not possible, but in one case, the Weld-Blundell prism, it could be dated to year 11 of the reign of king Sin-Magir of Isin , the last ruler to be mentioned in ...
18 hours ago · c. 5500 – c. 1800 BC. Preceded by. Ubaid period. Followed by. Akkadian Empire. Sumer ( / ˈsuːmər /) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq ), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.
4 days ago · Two explanations for this collapse express traditional views: 1) the eruption of the nearby volcanic island of Thera destroyed the palaces; or 2) the Mycenaeans—a contemporaneous culture from southern Greece—invaded and occupied Crete.
4 days ago · Over hundreds of years, this system of incredibly complex diplomacy involved multiple Kingdoms across the Near East—all thousands of years before the invention of motorized communication.
5 days ago · From 3300 to 1300 BCE, the Harappan Civilization—also called the Indus River Valley Civilization—ran across what is now northeast Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwest India. There is debate among scholars regarding the factors that led to the Indus Valley Civilization collapse around 1800 BCE.
4 days ago · Socrates (born c. 470 bce, Athens [Greece]—died 399 bce, Athens) was an ancient Greek philosopher whose way of life, character, and thought exerted a profound influence on Classical antiquity and Western philosophy.
