METAL AGES

AGE OF METALS

BY TEACHER MAGUS

It is the last period of Prehistory

It started around 4,500 BC and ended when the first written texts began to be used.

The metal age is divided in three periods

• COPPER AGE
• BRONZE AGE
• IRON AGE

Copper and gold were the first metals ever used by humans.Copper Age is the transitional period between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. It is taken to begin around the mid-5th millennium BC, and ends with the beginning of the Bronze Age.

Copper was used for making tools and weapons. However copper bend easily so they were not very effective.

Bronze

The period is divided into three phases: Early Bronze Age (2000–1500 BC), Middle Bronze Age (1500–1200 BC), and Late Bronze Age (1200–c. 500 BC). Ireland is also known for a relatively large number of Early Bronze Age burialsBronze in a combination of copper and tin.Both were melted and mixed Bronze is much stronger than copper so it was used primarily for making weapons, tools for agrigulture and domestic utensils

Bronze utensils

Axe for agriculture

Swords and spears

Bronze sickle

Iron

Iron was even stronger than bronzeThe Iron Age was a period in human history that started between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C., depending on the region, and followed the Stone Age and Bronze Age. During the Iron Age, people across much of Europe, Asia and parts of Africa began making tools and weapons from iron and steel. For some societies, including Ancient Greece.

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