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Chapter 5 The age of metals Flashcards

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1
Q

The Bronze Age was from ________ - ________

A

3000 - 1200 BCE

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2
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The iron age was from ________-_________

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1200 - 500 BCE

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3
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What is metallurgy?

A

The act of working with metal (blacksmith is an example)

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4
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What does circa mean?

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Roughly/ approximately

E.g. Bronze age began circa 5000 years ago

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5
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What is civilisation?

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Any complex society system with systems such: urban developments, social hierarchy and written language

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6
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What does copper mean

A

Native metal

Can be found in a natural and usable state in certain areas

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7
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How did people start experimenting with copper?

What did it lead to

A

By heating it and melting it

It lead to them combining other metals with copper

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8
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What two metals make bronze?

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Copper (88%) + tin (12%)

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9
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What was invented during the bronze age?

A
  • swords, axes and armour (war related stuff)
  • written language
  • the wheel 🛴🛵
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10
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What happened during the bronze age?

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The rise of civilizations

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11
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Explain urban development

A

That can be like building a castle or a wall around a city and having many houses in an area for people

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12
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Social hierarchy

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Enforced by ruling class

The more complex a society, the fewer people grow their own food

Because there aren’t as many people farming, those people can have other jobs which allows greater specialisation of other skills

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13
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Give examples of written language…

A

Hieroglyphs (we all know dis 1)
Demotic
Ancient Greek

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14
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Cause:
Rapid technological advances

Event?

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Innovations

  • weapons
  • writing
  • luxury items
  • farming implements (wheel etc.)
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Innovations

  • weapons
  • writing
  • luxury items
  • farming implements (wheel etc.)

Result?

A

Need for more resources (metals like copper and tin cuz they make bronze)

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16
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Need for more resources (metals like copper and tin cuz they make bronze)

Event?

A

Trade routes expand and towns grow into trade centres because of expert craftsmen

17
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Trade routes expand and towns grow into trade centres because of expert craftsmen

Result?

A

Trade centres became wealthy because of the trading

18
Q

Trade centres became wealthy because of craftsmen

Event?

A

Increased need for protein since they need strong soldiers to protect the trade centres since they were wealthy and to protect population

Administration important

19
Q

Increased need for protein since they need strong soldiers to protect the trade centres since they were wealthy and to protect population

Administration important

Result?

A

Warrior class administrative class and rulers (class system or hierarchy)

20
Q

Class system

Event?

A

Complex society

Rulers 📏 
Priests
Administrators 
Traders
Craftsmen
Farmers 👨‍🌾
Slaves
21
Q

Complex society led to…

A

RISE OF CIVILISATION

22
Q

What is a famous story that survived the bronze age?

A

lliad - a poem

About a war between city states
Greek atacking the rick trade centre of troy
Lasted ten years, greek vicory

23
Q

Most of the bronze age civilisation in the Mediterranean collapsed in ___________

A

1200 BCE

24
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Why did most of the Mediterranean civilisations collapse?

A

Natural disasters or attacks from others

25
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When was copper first used?

A

8 000 BCE

26
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When was the beginning of the historic period?

A

At the beginning of the bronze age

3000 BCE

27
Q

What happened when the Bronze age collapsed?

A

There was a scarcity in copper and tin (used to make bronze)

28
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What did people start using instead of copper and tin when the bronze age collapsed?

A

They began to learn how to use iron instead

29
Q

How do u make wrought iron?

A

Iron +fire/heat + hammering

30
Q

When dis the iron age begin to end?

A

500 BCE

31
Q

Why did the iron age end?

A

Blacksmiths in india started adding carbon to iron which made steel

Steel is wayyyy stronger and doesn’t break as easily as iron

32
Q

Who clashed at the end of the iron age?

A

Persian empire and greek city states

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