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Bronze Age

3100 BCE – 1200 BCE · 46 moments

The first cities, the first writing, the first empires. Bronze tools, river valleys, and trade routes stitch the ancient world into being.

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Bronze AgeNewgrange Built3100 BCE

Highlights from the Bronze Age

A handful of moments to step inside. Open the map for all 46.

Newgrange Built3100 BCE Bull Headed Lyre Played At Ur2600 BCE Diary Of Merer Written At Wadi Al Jarf2560 BCE Pyramid Texts Inscribed At Saqqara2350 BCE Gudea Statues Dedicated At Girsu2120 BCE Vounous Bowl Modeled At Bellapais2000 BCE Code Of Hammurabi Proclaimed1792 BCE Palace Of Knossos Rebuilt1700 BCE Hatnub Alabaster Quarry Workers1500 BCE Akhenaten Founds Amarna1350 BCE Battle Of Kadesh1274 BCE Shang Bronze Ritual At Yinxu1250 BCE