the Bronze Age
noun
: a period of time that began between 4000 and 3000 B.C. in which people used bronze to make weapons and tools
The artifact dates to the Bronze Age.
a Bronze Age weapon/tool
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The necklace, dating back to the Bronze Age, was identified as a rare find from the Lusatian or West Baltic Kurgan culture.
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Etchings dating to the Bronze Age were later carved into the rocks, the first of such graffiti to adorn Stonehenge in the millennia to come.
—Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Bronze Age Historically, experts can trace the brooch all the way back to the Bronze Age when humble designs were used to fasten winter outerwear.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
An impressive solution to this problem is the Joule Hive, a 21st-century application of a technology that dates back to the Bronze Age: firebricks, which store heat in insulated structures.
—Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Etchings dating to the Bronze Age were later carved into the rocks, the first of such graffiti to adorn Stonehenge in the millennia to come.
—Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Bronze Age Historically, experts can trace the brooch all the way back to the Bronze Age when humble designs were used to fasten winter outerwear.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
An impressive solution to this problem is the Joule Hive, a 21st-century application of a technology that dates back to the Bronze Age: firebricks, which store heat in insulated structures.
—Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
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“The Bronze Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Bronze%20Age. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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