Did the Bronze Age Came First?

The Stone Age is the first in a three-phase framework of human prehistory – the others being Bronze and Iron – a phrase coined in the 19th century by Danish scholar Christian J Thomsen, who made the assumption that each period was technologically more complex than that which preceded it.

Which came first Iron or Bronze Age?

The Iron Age was a period in human history that started between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C., depending on the region, and followed the Stone Age and Bronze Age. During the Iron Age, people across much of Europe, Asia and parts of Africa began making tools and weapons from iron and steel.

Was the Bronze Age the first age?

The Bronze Age marked the first time humans started to work with metal. Bronze tools and weapons soon replaced earlier stone versions. Ancient Sumerians in the Middle East may have been the first people to enter the Bronze Age.