Bronze age
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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