Bronze Age
prehistoric period and age studied in archaeology, part of the Holocene Epoch
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Summary
Bronze Age is an archaeological age[1]. It draws 33,047 Wikipedia views per month (archaeological age category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Named after: bronze[3]
- Follows: Stone Age[4], Chalcolithic[5], Neolithic[6]
- Followed by: Iron Age[7]
- Subclass of: prehistory[8]
- Part of: Holocene[9]
- Commons category: Bronze Age[10]
- Has part(s): Early Bronze Age[11], Middle Bronze Age[12], Late Bronze Age[13], Tumulus culture[14], Gandhara grave culture[15], Bronze Age Levant[16]
- Start time: 3300 BC[17], 3200 BC[18], 3100 BC[19]
- End time: 1200 BC[20], 300 BC[21], 600 BC[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bronze Age[23]
- OpenStreetMap tag: historic:period=bronze-age[24]
- Depicted by: The Bronze Age[25]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28]
- Topic has template: Template:Bronze Age footer[29]
- Subject named as: Bronzezeit[30]
- Different from: Bronze age[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[32], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
Why It Matters
Bronze Age has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]