WHAT IS BRONZE

Bronze is an alloy or mixture of tin and copper

and it is harder than both tin and copper.

WHAT IS THE BRONZE AGE

the transition from copper to bronze took place
around 3300 B.C. The invention of bronze brought
an end to the Stone Age, the prehistoric period
dominated the use of stone tools and weaponry
 WHEN WAS THE BRONZE
AGE
The bronze age started at 12000
B.C. and ended at 3000 BC. To sum
up,the period of the Bronze Age it
lasted for almost 1,500 years, a
time that took the giant step from
Bronze Age China
In China, Bronze Age civilizations
centered around the Yellow River during
the Shang dynasty (1600-1046 B.C) and Zhou
Dynasty (1046-256 B.C.). Chariots, weapons,
and vessels were fashioned in bronze using
piece-mold casting as opposed to the lost-
wax method used in other Bronze Age
cultures. This meant a model had to be made
of the desired object, and then covered in
a clay mold. The clay mold would then be
cut into sections that were re-fired to
create a single mold.
Bronze Age Greece
Greece became a major center of activity
on the Mediterranean during the Bronze Age. The
Bronze Age in Greece started with the Cycladic
civilization, an early Bronze Age culture that
arose southeast of the Greek mainland on the
Cyclades Isles in the Aegean Sea about 3200
B.C.A few hundred years later, the Minoan
civilization emerged on the isle of Crete. The
Minoans are considered the first progressive
civilization in Europe.
The Minoans were traders who exported
timber, olive oil, wine and dye to nearby
Egypt, Syria, Cyprus and the Greek mainland
They imported metals and other raw materials,
including copper, tin, ivory and precious
stones.
Around 1600 B.C., the Mycenaean civilization
rose on the Greek mainland, and their culture
flourished during the late Bronze Age.