The Bronze Age is also called the Heroic Age, the era of the Trojan War, the Argonauts, and the Labors of Hercules. Adventurers Jason, Perseus, and Theseus confront Talos, Medusa, and the Minotaur. Gilgamesh fights the ogre Humbubu and the Bull of Heaven. All heroes are aided or opposed by gods and goddesses. Mortals with tragic destinies collide with the divine in a cycle of heroism and destruction.
| Era Bronze Age (3200 BCE – 1200 BCE) |
| Alternative Names Bronze Age |
| Total Entries 66 |
| Articles Epic of Gilgamesh – Wikipedia Early Dynastic Period (Egypt) – Wikipedia Odyssey – Wikipedia |
| Description The Bronze Age is also called the Heroic Age, the era of the Trojan War, the Argonauts, and the Labors of Hercules. Adventurers Jason, Perseus, and Theseus confront Talos, Medusa, and the Minotaur. Gilgamesh fights the ogre Humbubu and the Bull of Heaven. All heroes are aided or opposed by gods and goddesses. Mortals with tragic destinies collide with the divine in a cycle of heroism and destruction.
The Bronze Age (c. 3300 – c. 1200 BC) was a historical period characterized principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of the three-age system, following the Stone Age and preceding the Iron Age. Conceived as a global era, the Bronze Age follows the Neolithic, with a transition period between the two known as the Chalcolithic. The final decades of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean basin are often characterized as a period of widespread societal collapse known as the Late Bronze Age collapse (c. 1200 – c. 1150 BC), although its severity and scope are debated among scholars. An ancient civilization is deemed to be part of the Bronze Age if it either produced bronze by smelting its own copper and alloying it with tin, arsenic, or other metals, or traded other items for bronze from producing areas elsewhere. Bronze Age cultures were the first to develop writing. ~ Bronze Age – Wikipedia
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