Bronze age civilization

A fascinating new study chronicles the family histories of European Bronze Age households, revealing the presence of surprising marital practices, patterns of inheritance, and the unexpected early emergence of social inequality within these homestead farms—including the possible use of slaves or servants.

The Bronze Age 2000-800 B.C.- Note;This chart refers to the bronze age "Indo-Europeans" as Germans, although many of the same artifacts have been labeled elsewhere as Celtic or Scandinavian....G. L. Freeman

These are Germanic people of the late bronze, early iron age, circa 200 BC. Note the rather primitive axes Though made of bronze, they are a throwback to the stone axes of a bygone era.

Notable in civilization around the Indus Valley is the lack of strong resemblances to other early civilizations to the west of Mesopotamia, which indicates that Harappa was not a colony. Skeletal r…

The Hittite warriors carved out an empire that encompassed most of Asia Minor and parts of the northern Levant and Upper Mesopotamia.

Let us take a gander at 12 marvelous warrior armor ensembles from history you should know about, from the Dendra Panoply to Anima.

The warrior on the left is from the Urnfield Culture which was a Bronze Age group which were the ancestors of both Celts and Germanic peoples of Central and Western Europe also known as Hallstatt A and proto-Celts. Illustration is by Angus McBride.

In the 12th Century BCE Bronze Age civilization in the Mediterranean was suddenly extinguished. What caused this violent dark age and are we any closer to solving the mystery?