The Beginning Flashcards
1
Q
What is bronze?
A
An alloy of tin and copper.
(roughly 3500 BC)
2
Q
Why was bronze better than stone or copper?
What was it used for?
A
It was harder and way more durable, mostly used for weapons for war and tools for farming.
3
Q
What are the main developments of the Bronze Age?
A
Use of bronze, trade systems, complex civilizations, writing.
4
Q
What makes a civilization a civilization?
A
Developed villages
Specialized workers
Surplus of goods
Societal structure
Governmental institutions
5
Q
Who created the first known civilization?
A
Sumerans (around 3500 BC).
6
Q
What are the main powers of the Bronze Age?
A
Sumer, Akkad/Babylon, Assyria and Egypt.
(the Hitites, Mycenae, Persia)
