Bronze Age
noun[S]
uk/ˈbrɒnz ˌeɪdʒ/us/ˈbrɑːnz ˌeɪdʒ/thetimein the past whentoolsandweaponswere made ofbronze(= abrownmetalmade ofcopperandtin), beforeironwasdiscovered:
青铜时代It isthoughtthat Stonehenge wasconstructedduringtheBronzeAge.人们认为巨石阵建立于青铜时代。
Theremainsof a 2,300-year-oldcargoboatwerefoundhere,leftby BronzeAgeman.在这里发现了一艘有2300年历史的货船遗迹,是青铜时代的人类留下的。
Compare
Iron Age
Stone Age
- These are theremainsof a little-studiedcivilizationcalled the Bactrian,datingback to the BronzeAge.
- By the BronzeAgechickpeaswereknownin Italy and Greece.
- Thosebuildingsdatefrom the BronzeAge, 2500-2000 BC.
- Hebecamecuriousabout the BronzeAgewritingsystem.
- Theyvisiteda BronzeAgestonecirclein Cumbria.
Ancient history: before 500 AD
- ancient
- ancients
- antiquity
- archaic
- Bactrian
- centurion
- dolmen
- Euphrates
- gladiator
- glyph
- Grecian
- Hellenic
- mummy
- necropolis
- pharaoh
- procurator
- Qin dynasty
- Romano-
- Sanskrit
- sarcophagus