The Bronze Age is the second of the three prehistoric time periods, with the others being the Stone Age and Iron Age. This time period began around the Western region of Asia with the first bronze tools around 4500 BC, and ended around 1200 BC with the collapse of several Bronze age civilizations due to first iron weapons which were stronger and beaterio for war . This era was characterized by the introduction of bronze, proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.
- First bronze tools were introduced in Western region of Asia around 4500 BC . The bronze is an alloy of tin and copper .
- During this period , the first civilization appeared . The first civilizations were Mesopotamia ( on Irak ) and Egypt . They born near rivers , which make easier farming . At Mesopotamia , people built Zigurats , temples for their gods . The word zigurat was pronunciarse baba-i’m in some languages , the origin of the Towerof Babel . At Egypt , pharaohs were the Kings of Egypt . They built their tombs to pass to the other live .
Around 2500 or 3000 BC , a new race arrived Western Europe with a new technology : wheel , riding … that was the beggining of Bronze Age on that area . In Eastern Europe , the Minoan Kingdom developed a urban civilization .