Importance of the Bronze Age

Within the classification that has been universally established to understand human Prehistory there are three ages that have to do with specifically with the type of material that could be recovered and that allows us to know which elements were used in each period as a base for the construction tools, weapons, etc. It is accepted that different materials represent different technical difficulties and therefore it has been specified to the Stone age as the most primitive, followed by the intermediate Bronze Age and ended with the most advanced or Iron Age.

The Bronze Age and a strong significance regarding human advances

To begin with, we must say that the Bronze Age has been established especially for the region of Europe and the Near East already that although the art of metallurgy existed in other towns, it was there that it was developed at a more complex and solid. It is estimated that bronze could be handled and used as a base for tools of all kinds around the 4th millennium BC, that is, in the years 3000 BC. C., time in which also slowly began to develop the

In the same way that it happens with the three ages mentioned above, the Bronze Age has been subdivided in turn in three stages that show differences in the construction, elaboration and management of tools and utensils of bronze. Roughly speaking, we can speak of an Early Bronze Age, a Middle Bronze Age, and finally a Late or Recent Bronze Age.

Characteristics of one of the most fruitful stages of Humanity

It is relevant to point out here that one of the strongest advances that Bronze represented over the stone tools built until then was that it was much easier and lighter for maneuver. The same time, was more resistant and therefore could be turned into axes, arrows, spearheads and even primitive swords.

This type of material has been considered essential or an element of survival since thanks to its use many peoples they were able to wage extensive and victorious battles with nearby towns for control of fertile regions and rivers. Both the weapons made of bronze and the utensils that began to be used as elements decorative elements made it possible to ensure advances and success or superiority that was ultimately part of the survival itself.

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