Questions tagged [bronze-age]
The Bronze Age is a time period characterized by the use of bronze, 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.
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Have there been any notable battles fought with steel vs. bronze weapons?
In answering the question "was the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age violent?" I found out a few facts that I hadn't expected. Namely, that the early iron weapons weren't necessarily ...
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Was the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age violent?
In Europe, when the Bronze Age ended and the Iron Age began, was it a peaceful spread of technology, or was it a violent conquest where the newcomers were able to win by their more advanced technology?...
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What attributes did Yahweh have before becoming a monotheistic deity?
Did it "belong" to another people before he was adopted by Hebrews? Is there any anthropological reconstruction about all this monotheistic thing?
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Is there a relationship between the Pelasgians and Sea Peoples?
Wikipedia describes the Pelasgians as follows:
all the indigenous inhabitants of the Aegean Sea region and their cultures before the advent of the Greek language.
And that these people where seen ...
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How common / uncommon was sword-vs-sword combat on ancient battlegrounds?
The question Any notable battles fought with steel vs. bronze weapons?, more precisely the comment to this answer to the tone of "ah, but that was mainly a chariot battle...", piqued my interest.
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