NST2602 ASSIGNMENT 2 Marked 2022.
Choose any THREE time periods. In each time period write a paragraph of ten
lines based on your understanding of the differences of the time periods. Locate
the time period in your own context. (15)
1. Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a prehistoric period ma...
, QUESTION 1
Choose any THREE time periods. In each time period write a paragraph of ten
lines based on your understanding of the differences of the time periods. Locate
the time period in your own context. (15)
1. Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a prehistoric period marked by the usage of bronze from
around 3300 BCE to 1200 BCE. The Bronze Age is the second of the three
major periods in the Stone-Bronze-Iron system. A civilization is classified as
being in the Bronze Age if it produces bronze by smelting its own copper and
alloying it with tin, arsenic, or other metals, or if it trades for bronze from other
production zones. Bronze is tougher and more durable than other metals
available at the period, providing a technological advantage to Bronze Age
civilizations. The creation of the earliest writing differed between Bronze Age
societies. The oldest practical writing systems were established in
Mesopotamia and Egypt, according to archaeological evidence. It takes place
between 2,500 and 1,500 B.C. More complex societies are created than
in Neolithic populations. Bronze was found in India, Iran, Armenia, Egypt and
Sumerian. The Aegean Sea is an exclusive space for bronze trade.
2. Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch in humanity's three-age divide, which began with
prehistory and protohistoric. The Iron Age lasts a different amount of time
depending on the locale. Locally, the "Iron Age" begins when iron or steel
production has progressed to the extent where iron tools and weaponry are
superior to bronze counterparts. Tutankhamun's meteoric iron dagger, for
example, dates from the Bronze Age. This transition occurred in the Ancient
Near East in the aftermath of the so-called Bronze Age collapse in the 12th
century BC. The technology expanded quickly across the Mediterranean Basin
and into South Asia. It took a little longer to expand to Central Asia, Eastern
Europe, and Central Europe, and Northern Europe wasn't reached until around
500 BC. The Iron Age ends with the commencement of the historical record.
The title "Iron Age" is frequently applied to early cultures that practiced
ironworking, such as the Nok culture of Nigeria. It develops from 1,500 B.C.This
metal is used to make weapons and tools.The Hittites were the first to use iron
in 1,300 BC.Being harder than bronze, new metallurgical techniques had to be
developed to work it.
3. Industrial Age
The Industrial Age is a historical period defined by the replacement of hand
tools with power-driven machinery such as the power loom and the steam
engine, as well as the concentration of industry in big institutions, which began
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