Bronze Age
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3.9
- noun
- /brɒnz eɪdʒ/
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Edad de Bronce
- Archaeologists uncovered tools and artifacts from the Bronze Age during their excavation.
- Early Bronze Age
- Late Bronze Age
- Bronze Age graves
How can we explore its significance for for Bronze Age people in new ways?
- How can we explore its significance for for Bronze Age people in new ways?
- Well, they there was never any attempt to understand how transactions occurred in the Bronze Age.
- Rowan's work focuses on the development of complex society during the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age in China.
Examples
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Economic shifts in the Late Bronze Age led to a change in Interstate and class relations.
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We have the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age.
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But, again, what if it happened in the earlier Middle Bronze Age?
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This is a serious problem for the Conquest if it really happened in the Late Bronze Age.
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As the only Bronze Age specialist in the department, the professor was looking for some assistance.
Academic text (2007) -
Ever since the end of the Bronze Age, a few hundred years earlier, a new Britain had begun to emerge.
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A 2006 survey along the Damin River identified 19 Bronze Age sites in an area of less than 20 square miles.
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The fabrics worn by other Bronze Age inhabitants of the region offer additional clues.
Academic text (2010) -
The great Bronze Age civilization of the Minoans peaked during the middle of the second millennium B.C.
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The Bronze Age was marked by significant advancements in metalworking and trade.
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'bronze' (an alloy) + 'age' (a period) yields a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer this. The same 'X Age' naming pattern (Stone Age, Iron Age) is cross-linguistically common, reinforcing its predictability.
Etymology
Bronze Age was named for the metal bronze because people then made their tools and weapons from bronze instead of stone; so the term means 'the period when bronze was used' and marks a big step in everyday technology.