bronze age

English - Turkish

Definition of bronze age in English Turkish dictionary: tunç devri; bronz çağı; bakır çağı
early bronze age: ilk tunç çağı

English - English

Definition of bronze age in English English dictionary: One the Classical Ages of Man; associated with warfare; A period in a civilization's development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze; The Bronze Age was a period of time which began when people started making things from bronze about 4,000 -- 6,000 years ago. A period of human culture between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of bronze. See Usage Note at Three Age system. the time, between about 6000 and 4000 years ago, when bronze was used for making tools, weapons etc Iron Age, Stone Age. Third phase in the development of material culture among the ancient peoples of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, following the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods and preceding the Iron Age. The term also denotes the first period in which metal was used. The date at which the age began varied by region; in Greece and China it began before 3000 BC, in Britain not until 1900 BC. The beginning of the period is sometimes called the Chalcolithic (Copper-Stone) Age, referring to the initial use of pure copper (along with its predecessor, stone). By 3000 BC the use of copper was well known in the Middle East, had extended westward into the Mediterranean area, and was beginning to infiltrate Europe. Only in the 2nd millennium BC did true bronze come to be widely used. The age was marked by increased specialization and the invention of the wheel and the ox-drawn plow. From 1000 BC the ability to heat and forge iron brought the Bronze Age to an end; {i} Copper Age, era before the Age of Steel, period in the history of pre-historic man; (classical mythology) the third age of the world, marked by war and violence (archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons