Bronze age

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second principal period of the three-age Stone-Bronze-Iron system, as proposed in modern times by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, for classifying and studying ancient societies.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbrɒnz eɪdʒ/

Etymology

The term "Bronze Age" is borrowed from the French Bronze Age (1836), itself borrowed from the Danish bronzealder, coined by C.J. Thomsen (1788-1865) in the early 19th century.

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Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (such as aluminium, manganese, nickel or zinc) and sometimes non-metals or metalloids such as arsenic, phosphorus or silicon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /brɒnz/

Etymology

The English word bronze is borrowed from French bronze, itself borrowed from Italian bronzo "bell metal, brass" (translates as "Venetian bronze").

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Proto-writing

Proto-writing refers to the early writing systems that emerged in Eurasia in the early 3rd millennium BC, which were a development from earlier traditions of symbol systems that cannot be classified as proper writing, but have many characteristics strikingly similar to writing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈproʊtoʊ ˈraɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

The term "proto-writing" is a neologism coined in the 20th century.

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