What is iron age, stone age , copper age and bronze age ?
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Iron Age dates between 1200 B.C. and 1000 B.C. which means a time of about three thousand years ago from now. Late Copper Age is considered as Bronze Age which marks the Copper Age off from the Iron Age. Metalworking is a very complex empirical science. Extraction of metal from the ore is the hallmark of metallurgy.
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Three Major periods of metal age in the world are as follows: 1. Copper Age 2. Bronze Age 3. Iron Age.
The cultural record of man’s existence is divided into two great periods – the ‘Age of Stone’ and the ‘Age of Metal’. The ‘Age of Stone’ preceded the ‘Age of metal’. The duration of these two periods was not equal. The Stone Age persisted far and far greater period than the Metal Age whereas metal came in use only recently.
It was first used in Asia and Egypt about 3500 BC, and in Europe about 2000 BC. Once the use of metal was recognized, the art of writing, the city-life and also an infinite variety of inventions took place which contributed to the rise of human civilization. Metal enhanced man’s mastery with stone, wood, bone and other substance
The ‘Age of metal’ is sub-divided into two principal ages—Copper Age and the Iron Age. Bronze Age appeared between these two. Towards the end of New Stone Age (Neolithic) man acquired greater knowledge about environment and its resources.
With this advanced knowledge he proceeded for metalworking. Metals were neither easy to be found out, nor it was easy to make tools out of them Because, though some pieces of free copper or meteoric iron was available in nature, most of the metals were embedded in ores, which were difficult to use unless mining and smelting were learnt.