When Did the Bronze Age Begin?

The Bronze Age is a historic period, approximately 3300 BC to 1200 BC, that was characterized by the use of bronze, in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

When did the Bronze Age end and the Iron Age Begin?

How did the Bronze Age end? From about 1000 BCE, the ability to heat and forge another metal, iron, brought the Bronze Age to an end, and led to the beginning of the Iron Age.

Why did the Bronze Age come first?

Iron is (was) easy to pick up right from the ground. People could just heat it in a fire and start using it right away. But bronze is an alloy, it requires melting two metals together in order to work with it.

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